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Miller's most famous play, it is the story of the American Dream gone awry when a small man is destroyed by society's false values. Death of a Salesman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 and continues to shine on stages throughout the world even today.
Penguin
October 1998
On Sale: October 4, 1998
Featuring: Willy Loman
144 pages
ISBN: 0140481346
EAN: 9780140481341
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A play in "two acts and a requiem" by Arthur Miller, written
in 1948 and produced in 1949. Miller won a Pulitzer Prize
for the work, which he described as "the tragedy of a man
who gave his life, or sold it" in pursuit of the American
Dream. After many years on the road as a traveling salesman,
Willy Loman realizes he has been a failure as a father and
husband. His sons, Happy and Biff, are not successful--on
his terms (being "well-liked") or any others. His career
fading, Willy escapes into reminiscences of an idealized
past. In the play's climactic scene, Biff prepares to leave
home, starts arguing with Willy, confesses that he has spent
three months in jail, and mocks his father's belief in "a
smile and a shoeshine." Willy, bitter and broken, his
illusions shattered, commits suicide.
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