Franz Kafka 
The Knock at the Manor Gate [EPUB ebook] 

The Knock at the Manor Gate  (German:
Der Schlag ans Hoftor) is a short story by Franz Kafka. It was published posthumously in 
Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer (Berlin, 1931). The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in 
The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections (New York City: Schocken Books, 1946).