{{Tr|Willa Muir and Edwin Muir}}, first published in the collection The Penal Colony (Schocken Books, 1948).
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | |23 |
| 1949 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | |23 |
| 1952 |
|
Selected Stories of Franz Kafka | Modern Library | Collection | 148 |
| 1952 |
|
Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka | Modern Library | Collection | 148 |
| 1958 |
|
The Anchor Book of Stories | Anchor Books | Anthology | 1 |
| 1961 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | 136|23 |
| 1969 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | 136|23 |
| September 1970 | Affinities: A Short Story Anthology | Thomas Y. Crowell | Anthology | 10 | |
| 1971 |
|
The Complete Stories | Schocken Books | Collection | 220 |
| 1971 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | 136|23 |
| July 1976 |
|
Affinities: A Short Story Anthology | Thomas Y. Crowell | Anthology | 10 |
| 1978 |
|
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 119 |
| 1983 |
|
The Complete Stories | Schocken Books | Collection | 220 |
| 1984 |
|
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 119 |
| June 1984 |
|
Magical Realist Fiction: An Anthology | Longman | Anthology | 135 |
| 1987 |
|
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 119 |
| 1993 |
|
Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka | Modern Library | Collection | 156 |
| September 1993 |
|
Collected Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | |25 |
| 1995 |
|
Great Short Stories: Fiction from the Masters of World Literature | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 205 |
| October 1995 |
|
The Complete Stories | Schocken Books | Collection | 220 |
| January 2000 |
|
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| 2005 |
|
The Complete Short Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 220 |
| October 2012 |
|
The Complete Stories | Schocken Books | Collection | |12 |
| January 2015 |
|
Collected Stories | Everyman's Library | Collection | |25 |