Title: Der Gruftwächter

Title: Title Record # 1818923
Author: Franz Kafka
Date: 1936-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
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Language: German

Note: A fragment of a play consisting of a conversation between the Prince and the Chamberlain concerning the guard of a tomb. Contains supernatural elements. This version was fixed-up by Max Brod from the various sources: the handwritings and the machine written ones.

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Year	Title
1993^ⓘHasn't got the lines that were marked for deletion by Kafka	"Reinschrift des 'Gruftwächter'-Dramenfragments"^?"Reinschrift des 'Gruftwaechter'-Dramenfragments"

Year	Language	Title
1958^ⓘTranslated by Tania and James Stern. Written in December 1916, published for the first time in Description of a Struggle in 1936, edited by Max Brod.	English	The Warden of the Tomb
1973^ⓘTranslated by Malcolm Pasley	English	The Warden of the Tomb
1993	English	Isabella

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen • Skizzen • Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1936-00-00	Franz Kafka	Mercy (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #5)		RM 4.50	319	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen, Skizzen, Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1946-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Schriften #5)			336	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen • Skizzen • Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1954-00-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke)		DM 15.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	355	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Description of a Struggle	1958-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books				hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Complete Stories	1971-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	0-8052-3419-5		486	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Shorter Works, Volume 1	1973-00-00	Franz Kafka	Secker & Warburg				unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	coll
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen • Skizzen • Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1980-04-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #2066)	3-596-22066-1	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	280	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Beschreibung eines Kampfes: Novellen • Skizzen • Aphorismen: Aus dem Nachlaß	1980-08-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher #2066)	3-596-22066-1	DM 6.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	280	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Complete Stories	1983-00-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	0-8052-3863-8	$22.50^?$: US dollar	xxi+ 486	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Great Wall of China and Other Short Works	1991-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books				tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Jacob Sutton
Collected Stories	1993-09-16	Franz Kafka	Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library)	1-85715-145-3		503	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Nachgelassene Schriften und Fragmente I	1993-10-00	Franz Kafka	S. Fischer (Franz Kafka: Schriften, Tagebücher, Briefe)	3-10-038149-1		436	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Beim Bau der chinesischen Mauer und andere Schriften aus dem Nachlaß in der Fassung der Handschrift	1994-11-00	Franz Kafka	Fischer Taschenbuch (Franz Kafka: Gesammelte Werke in zwölf Bänden #6)	3-596-12446-8	DM 12.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	270+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Irina Ionesco
The Complete Stories	1995-10-00	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books (Schocken Kafka Library)	0-8052-1055-5	$15.00^?$: US dollar	xxi+ 486	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Great Wall of China and Other Short Works	2002-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)				tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
The Great Wall of China and Other Short Works	2002-00-00	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)				tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Jacob Sutton
The Complete Short Stories	2005-00-00	Franz Kafka	Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics)	978-0-7493-9946-7	£9.99^?£: UK pound	vii+ 486	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Anna Crone
The Great Wall of China and Other Short Works	2007-01-25	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-191358-2	£8.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Jacob Sutton
The Complete Stories	2012-10-24	Franz Kafka	Schocken Books	978-0-307-82945-0	$12.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Collected Stories	2015-01-28	Franz Kafka	Everyman's Library	978-0-375-71269-2	$12.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Collected Stories	date unknown	Franz Kafka	Alfred A. Knopf	978-0-679-42303-4			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Great Wall of China and Other Short Works	date unknown	Franz Kafka	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-118646-7	£12.99^?£: UK pound	xvii+ 218	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Jacob Sutton

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