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Essential Read

Death of a Salesman

by Arthur Miller · 1949

Classics · ranked #24 in category

Willy Loman, an ageing travelling salesman, faces the collapse of all his illusions about himself, his sons and the American Dream he has pursued his whole life. Miller's landmark drama is a devastating critique of success mythology and the damage that false dreams inflict on the men who believe in them and the families who inherit their wreckage.

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Category
Classics
First published
1949 · 1940s
Author
Arthur Miller
Standing
Essential Read

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