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228:The Aeroplanes at Brescia
193:Description of a Struggle
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657:The Great Wall of China
521:The Problem of Our Laws
437:Investigations of a Dog
286:The Great Wall of China
806:The Warden of the Tomb
685:Parables and Paradoxes
300:A Report to an Academy
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719:The Diaries 1910–1923
493:The City Coat of Arms
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823:Ottla Kafka (sister)
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664:The Complete Stories
1190:Walkin' to Missouri
1104:The London Prodigal
967:in arts and culture
863:Head of Franz Kafka
845:Franz Kafka Society
788:The Office Writings
733:The Zürau Aphorisms
279:The Hunter Gracchus
246:In the Penal Colony
886:The Loves of Kafka
840:Franz Kafka Museum
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598:The Married Couple
465:A Common Confusion
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