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Top Metamorphoses in Literature

Literature is all about transformation. Characters transform from children to adults, from bad to good, and from innocent to experienced. This list features some of the most famous and influential transformation that are a bit more literal than the average Bildungsroman.
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Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
1
Lewis Carroll
Beauty and the Beast (Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont)
Beauty and the Beast
2
Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
3
T.H. White
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
4
Homer
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
5
Robert Louis Stevenson
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
6
Virginia Woolf
The Golden Ass
The Golden Ass
7
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
8
Ovid
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
9
Franz Kafka
The Wild Swans (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Wild Swans
10
Hans Christian Andersen
Pig Tales
Pig Tales
11
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
12
Angela Carter
Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
13
Geek Love (Katherine Dunn)
Geek Love
14
Katherine Dunn
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
15
James Joyce
Finnegans Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegans Wake
16
James Joyce
The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Left Hand of Darkness
17
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S. Lewis)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
18
C.S. Lewis
Howl's Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
Howl's Moving Castle
19
Diana Wynne Jones
Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell)
Cloud Atlas
20
David Mitchell
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
21
David Mitchell
Mr. Fox (Helen Oyeyemi)
Mr. Fox
22
Helen Oyeyemi
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
23
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
24
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
25
J.K. Rowling
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale
26
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
27
William Shakespeare
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
The Cloven Viscount
29
Italo Calvino
Animorphs #1 (K.A. Applegate)
Animorphs #1
30
K.A. Applegate
Faces in the Crowd (Valeria Luiselli)
Faces in the Crowd
31
Valeria Luiselli
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
32
Angela Carter
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
33
Bram Stoker
Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo)
Akira
34
Katsuhiro Otomo
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