The Trial by Franz Kafka6/10/2023 At 34, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, which would lead to his death seven years later. During his lifetime, Kafka is estimated to have burned at least 90% of everything he wrote, though he consented to publish The Metamorphosis at age 32. He had several passionate love affairs but never married. Kafka's letters and journals reveal that he was tortured by a sense of his own inadequacy, sexually and socially, though to others he came off as quiet and intelligent. He studied law and got a job at an insurance company at age 24, though he resented having to work to pay the bills. He attended elementary school, gymnasium, and university within a few blocks of his birthplace. He preferred to speak and write German, as his family did, though most residents of Prague spoke Czech, a significant division both culturally and politically. Kafka was born in Prague, the first of six children in a family of middle-class Jews.
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