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First Sorrow

Franz Kafka

First published 1948
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

{{Tr|Willa Muir and {{A|Edwin Muir}}}}.
First appeared in Kurt Wolff Verlag's art periodical Genius, III no. 2 (dated 1921, actually published in 1922) and in the Christmas 1923 supplement to the Prager Presse. The story was also included in the collection Ein Hungerkünstler (A Hunger Artist), 1924.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1948 Cover The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces Schocken Books Collection |38
1949 Cover The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces Schocken Books Collection |38
1961 Cover The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces Schocken Books Collection 231|38
1969 Cover The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces Schocken Books Collection 231|38
1971 Cover The Complete Stories Schocken Books Collection 446
1971 Cover The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces Schocken Books Collection 231|38
1978 Cover Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories Penguin Books Collection 156
1983 Cover The Complete Stories Schocken Books Collection 446
1984 Cover Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories Penguin Books Collection 156
1987 Cover Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories Penguin Books Collection 156
September 1993 Cover Collected Stories Alfred A. Knopf Collection |39
October 1995 Cover The Complete Stories Schocken Books Collection 446
2005 Cover The Complete Short Stories Vintage (UK) Collection 446
October 2012 Cover The Complete Stories Schocken Books Collection |74
January 2015 Cover Collected Stories Everyman's Library Collection |39