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href="/wiki/Before_the_Law" title="Before the Law">Before the Law</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blumfeld,_an_Elderly_Bachelor" title="Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor">Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Country_Doctor_(short_story)" title="A Country Doctor (short story)">A Country Doctor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Hunter_Gracchus" title="The Hunter Gracchus">The Hunter Gracchus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Great_Wall_of_China_(short_story)" title="The Great Wall of China (short story)">The Great Wall of China</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Message_from_the_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="A Message from the Emperor">A Message from the Emperor</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Report_to_an_Academy" title="A Report to an Academy">A Report to an Academy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Dream_(short_story)" title="A Dream (short story)">A Dream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Up_in_the_Gallery" title="Up in the Gallery">Up in the Gallery</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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the Singer, or the Mouse Folk</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Common_Confusion" title="A Common Confusion">A Common Confusion</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Truth_about_Sancho_Panza" title="The Truth about Sancho Panza">The Truth about Sancho Panza</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Sirens" title="The Silence of the Sirens">The Silence of the Sirens</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Prometheus_(short_story)" title="Prometheus (short story)">Prometheus</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_City_Coat_of_Arms" title="The City Coat of Arms">The City Coat of Arms</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Poseidon_(short_story)" title="Poseidon (short story)">Poseidon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fellowship_(short_story)" title="Fellowship (short story)">Fellowship</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/At_Night_(short_story)" title="At Night (short story)">At Night</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Problem_of_Our_Laws" title="The Problem of Our Laws">The Problem of Our Laws</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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Stories and Other Writings">Dearest Father</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Description_of_a_Struggle_(short_story_collection)" title="Description of a Struggle (short story collection)">Description of a Struggle</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Diaries and<br />notebooks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Franz_Kafka%27s_Diaries" title="Franz Kafka's Diaries">The Diaries 1910–1923</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Octavo_Notebooks" title="The Blue Octavo Notebooks">The Blue Octavo Notebooks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Z%C3%BCrau_Aphorisms" title="The Zürau Aphorisms">The Zürau Aphorisms</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Letters<br />and essays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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style="width:1%">Source</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luke_15" title="Luke 15">Luke 15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parables_of_Jesus" title="Parables of Jesus">Parables of Jesus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wayfarer_(painting)" title="The Wayfarer (painting)">The Wayfarer</a></i> (1500s)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal_Son_in_the_Brothel" title="The Prodigal Son in the Brothel">The Prodigal Son in the Brothel</a></i> (1637)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Prodigal_Son_(Rembrandt)" title="The Return of the Prodigal Son (Rembrandt)">The Return of the Prodigal Son</a></i> (1660s)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal_Son_(Giorgio_de_Chirico)" title="The Prodigal Son (Giorgio de Chirico)">The Prodigal Son</a></i> (1922)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27Enfant_prodigue_(1907_film)" title="L'Enfant prodigue (1907 film)">L'Enfant prodigue</a></i> (1907)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal" title="The Prodigal">The Prodigal</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_(film)" title="The Gospel (film)">The Gospel</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal_Trilogy" title="The Prodigal Trilogy">The Prodigal Trilogy</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Imposter_(2008_film)" title="The Imposter (2008 film)">The Imposter</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Preacher%27s_Kid_(film)" title="Preacher's Kid (film)">Preacher's Kid</a></i> (2010)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Prodigal" title="The London Prodigal">The London Prodigal</a> </i>(1605 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prodigal_Son_(ballet)" title="Prodigal Son (ballet)">Prodigal Son</a></i> (1929 ballet)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Opera</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27enfant_prodigue_(Auber)" title="L'enfant prodigue (Auber)">L'enfant prodigue</a></i> (1850)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal_Son_(Britten)" title="The Prodigal Son (Britten)">The Prodigal Son</a></i> (1968)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prodigal_Son_(Sullivan)" title="The Prodigal Son (Sullivan)">The Prodigal Son</a></i> (1869)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/L%27enfant_prodigue" title="L'enfant prodigue">L'enfant prodigue</a></i> (1884)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Prokofiev)" title="Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev)">Symphony No. 4</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Walkin%27_to_Missouri" title="Walkin' to Missouri">Walkin' to Missouri</a>" (1952)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Prodigal_Son_(Kid_Rock_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prodigal Son (Kid Rock song)">Prodigal Son</a>" (1994)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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title="Home-Coming">Home-Coming</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Papal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dives_in_misericordia" title="Dives in misericordia">Dives in misericordia</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reconciliatio_et_paenitentia" title="Reconciliatio et paenitentia">Reconciliatio et paenitentia</a></i> (1984)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fatted_calf" title="Fatted calf">Fatted calf</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Ha%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's">The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's</a></i> (2007)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Michael_(poem)" 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