| Author | Franz Kafka |
| Publisher Series | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Cover Artist | Paul Kelpe |
| Cover photo | Department of Labor* |
| Afterword by | Max Brod |
| Introduction by | Edwin Muir |
| Published in/by Arrangement with | Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd, Viking Penguin, Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Penguin Books Canada Ltd, Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd |
| Translated by | Willa Muir, Edwin Muir |
| First Published by | George Routledge & Sons Ltd |
| Printed and Bound by | Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd* |
| Format | Mass-Market Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Harmondsworth; New York; Ringwood; Markham; Auckland; |
| Republished | 1949 [definitive edition] |
| Republished | 1967 [in Penguin Books] |
| Reprinted | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 |
| Pages / Font | 269 pages / Linotype Julius |
| Price | U.K. £3.50 / AUST. $7.95 / (recommended) / N.Z. $13.99 / (incl. GST) |
| ISBN | 0-14-002639-8 |
| EAN 5 | 90000 |
| Barcode | 9 780140 026399 |
