“Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for wit…”

“Someone must have been telling lies about Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning. His landlady's cook, who always brought him his breakfast at eight o'clock, failed to appear on this occasion. That had never happened before.”

— Franz Kafka

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Title: Wikiquote: Franz Kafka
Type: reference · Secondary source
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Context

First lines, Ch. 1

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Kafka, Franz. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Franz Kafka. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka

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