The Trial

I. The Arrest—Conversation with Frau Grubach—Then Fräulein Bärstner II. First Interrogation III. In the Empty Courtroom—The Student—The Offices IV. Fräulein Bärster's Friend V. The Whipper VI. K.’s Uncle—Leni VII. Lawyer—Manufacturer—Painter VIII. Block, the Tradesman—Dismissal of the Lawyer IX. In the Cathedral X. The End Appendix I. The Unfinished Chapters On the Way to Elsa Journey to His Mother Prosecuting Counsel The House Conflict with the Assistant Manager A Fragment Appendix II. The Passages Deleted by the Author Appendix III. Postscripts by Max Brod To the First Edition (1925) To the Second Edition (1935) To the Third Edition (1946) Appendix IV Excerpts from Kafka’s Diaries