A retelling of Franz Kafka · 1925

The Trial

“On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, the bank official Josef K. is arrested by an invisible court for a crime no one will name — and spends a year trying, and failing, to find out what he is accused of.”

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Contents10 episodes · ~23 min

  1. 1Arrest (Chapter One)Free
  2. 2First Interrogation (Chapter Two)🔒
  3. 3In the Empty Courtroom; the Student; the Offices (Chapter Three)🔒
  4. 4Fräulein Bürstner's Friend (Chapter Four)🔒
  5. 5The Whipper (Chapter Five)🔒
  6. 6The Uncle; Leni (Chapter Six)🔒
  7. 7Lawyer; Manufacturer; Painter (Chapter Seven)🔒
  8. 8Block, the Merchant; Dismissal of the Lawyer (Chapter Eight)🔒
  9. 9In the Cathedral (Chapter Nine)🔒
  10. 10The End (Chapter Ten)🔒