"Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa" is a sequel to a Franz Kafka story first published in which year?
Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa is a sequel to Franz Kafka's short-story "The Metamorphosis", written in 2002 by Marc Estrin.
Croesus and Fate "Croesus and Fate" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy that is a retelling of a Greek legend, classically told by Herodotus, and Plutarch, about the king Croesus. It was first published in 1886 by Tolstoy's publishing company "The Intermediary". Tolstoy's version is shorter than that by Herodotus, and Tolstoy's characterization of Croesus was designed to parallel the title character in his 1886 novella "The Death of Ivan Ilych".