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Summary

"A Report to an Academy" is a short story by Franz Kafka, written and published in 1917. In the story, an ape named Red Peter, who has learned to behave like a human, presents to an academy the story of how he effected his transformation. The narrator, speaking before a scientific conference, describes his former life as an ape. His story begins in a West African jungle, in which a hunting expedition shoots and captures him. Caged on a ship for his voyage to Europe, he finds himself for the first time without the freedom to move as he will.

Duration: 23 minutes (00:22:57)
Publishing date: 2025-01-28; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2025. Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction
• Classics