Franz Kafka's The Trial (1925): 100th Anniversary | Book Review and Analysis

A reflection on Franz Kafka's The Trial (Der Prozess, Der Prozeß), in celebration of the centennial of its publication. English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir, revised by E. M. Butler, published by Schocken in 1935. My thoughts on Kafka's The Castle:    • Franz Kafka's The Castle (1926) | Book Rev...   My thoughts on Kafka's Amerika:    • Franz Kafka's Amerika (1927) | Book Review...   Contents: 00:00 – 100 years of The Trial 00:51 – Context 02:29 – Structure, protagonist, and premise 03:24 – Situation 04:50 – Secondary characters and memorable moments 07:15 – Settings 09:08 – Allegory 11:08 – Anxiety, helplessness and the grotesque 15:04 – Albert Camus on Kafka and The Trial 19:21 – The film adaptation (Orson Welles, 1962) 23:24 – Why is it Kafka's most popular novel? Work Cited Camus, Albert. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays. New York: Vintage, 1991.