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In the Penal Colony

By: Franz Kafka
Narrated by: Deaver Brown
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The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. In the Penal Colony describes the last use of an elaborate torture and execution device that carves the sentence of the condemned prisoner on his skin in a script before letting him die, all in the course of 12 hours. As the plot unfolds, the listener learns more and more about the machine, including its origin, and original justification.

Public Domain (P)2020 Deaver Brown Classics
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