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551:The Cares of a Family Man
374:The Aeroplanes at Brescia
339:Description of a Struggle
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667:The Problem of Our Laws
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432:The Great Wall of China
952:The Warden of the Tomb
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865:The Diaries 1910–1923
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969:Ottla Kafka (sister)
899:Letter to His Father
810:The Complete Stories
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772:Short story
758:On Parables
751:Give It Up!
688:The Vulture
569:The Refusal
537:My Neighbor
530:Eleven Sons
273:Franz Kafka
178:Dora Dymant
141:Franz Kafka
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716:Homecoming
653:Fellowship
632:Prometheus
597:The Burrow
495:The Bridge
360:The Stoker
300:The Castle
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857:notebooks
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384:1914–1917
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681:The Test
660:At Night
646:Poseidon
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453:A Dream
307:Amerika
69:Germany
65:Country
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285:Novels
191:Accent
79:German
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