Franz Kafka 1912 · Prague
Try to sleep
15:30–19:30 · Estimated
Estimated by typical tue. 15:30 follows the selected lunch finish. 19:30 is explicit.Source timing: After lunch until half past seven
“von da ab Schlafen im Bett”“bis ½8,”
Two separate excerpts · German original · Franz Kafka
Line breaks and page markers omitted.
From then on, sleeping in bed … until half past seven.
Letter to Felice Bauer, 1 November 1912
German transcription hosted by the University of Vienna · Werner Haas
Paragraph beginning “Seit 1 ½ Monaten”
Passage: Schedule paragraph · after lunch; intervening parenthesis omitted
Timing & context
The intervening parenthesis says this was mostly only an attempt to sleep, not four hours of assured sleep.
Kafka explicitly describes his established schedule over the preceding six weeks. Several times vary. The one exceptional night ending at six is excluded; his recurring writing session is split visually at midnight.
His letter of 1 November 1912 describes the preceding month and a half, with some recent disruptions.