Project Gutenberg 2005-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 419 Kafka, Franz 1883 1924 Kafka, F. (Franz) Der Heizer: Ein Fragment Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stoker Produced by Markus Brenner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Der Heizer: Ein Fragment" by Franz Kafka is a short story written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around the experiences of Karl Roßmann, a young boy sent to America by his parents after being seduced by a maid and causing a scandal. The story captures his arrival in New York, highlighting themes of alienation and the struggles faced by immigrants in a new society. The story primarily follows Karl as he navigates the challenges of being alone in an unfamiliar place. He encounters a ship's fireman, who becomes a pivotal character as they discuss work and the injustices faced onboard the ship. Through their conversation, themes of social class, identity, and the harsh realities of labor emerge, illustrating Kafka's characteristic exploration of existential concerns. As the narrative unfolds, Karl grapples with his lost luggage, new friendships, and the complexities of life as an immigrant, ultimately revealing the difficulties of finding one's place in a foreign land. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. de Immigrants -- Fiction PT Text DE Prosa Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: German Literature 97670 2025-06-07T06:53:06.227709 text/html 100884 2020-12-12T05:40:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 117628 2020-12-12T05:40:45 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 179751 2025-06-07T06:53:10.747684 application/epub+zip 178728 2025-06-07T06:53:08.146700 application/epub+zip 102037 2025-06-07T06:53:06.910719 application/epub+zip 284845 2025-06-07T06:53:12.725707 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276521 2025-06-07T06:53:10.028696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138136 2022-09-08T04:38:31.214621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 88709 2025-06-07T06:53:05.926702 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88542 2020-12-12T05:40:45 text/plain; charset=utf-8 34515 2020-12-12T05:40:45 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 87135 2020-12-12T05:40:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 34292 2020-12-12T05:40:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20551 2025-06-07T06:53:12.868696 application/rdf+xml 12958 2025-06-07T06:53:07.500683 image/jpeg 3747 2025-06-07T06:53:07.194689 image/jpeg 182912 2025-06-07T06:53:06.242705 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia