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713:The Conscription of Troops
478:A Message from the Emperor
437:"The Village Schoolmaster"
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884:Description of a Struggle
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590:The Cares of a Family Man
413:The Aeroplanes at Brescia
378:Description of a Struggle
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842:The Great Wall of China
706:The Problem of Our Laws
622:Investigations of a Dog
471:The Great Wall of China
991:The Warden of the Tomb
870:Parables and Paradoxes
485:A Report to an Academy
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938:Letter to His Father
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1074:(1988 film)
1065:(1986 play)
894:Diaries and
813:collections
811:Short story
797:On Parables
790:Give It Up!
727:The Vulture
608:The Refusal
576:My Neighbor
569:Eleven Sons
312:Franz Kafka
244:Franz Kafka
149:Franz Kafka
145:On Parables
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930:and essays
755:Homecoming
692:Fellowship
671:Prometheus
636:The Burrow
534:The Bridge
399:The Stoker
339:The Castle
227:References
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776:Advocates
600:1917–1923
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363:1902–1912
332:The Trial
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856:The Sons
720:The Test
699:At Night
685:Poseidon
207:Analysis
192:narrator
188:folklore
153:Max Brod
115:London,
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492:A Dream
346:Amerika
213:Judaica
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272:Ithaca
217:Mishna
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