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100 1 _aMolnár, Ferenc,
_d1878-1952
245 1 2 _aA vörös malom
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-01-08
508 _aAlbert László from page images generously made available by the Hungarian Electronic Library
520 _a"A vörös malom" by Ferenc Molnár is a play written in the early 20th century. This satirical fantasy unfolds in Hell, where the Magister unveils a colossal “red mill” that can grind innocence into vice, with the living puppet Mima as its seductive heart, all before Satan’s court. The story fixates on selecting a perfectly righteous man—eventually the forester János—to test whether any human goodness can resist engineered corruption. The opening of the play stages a grand demonstration: in Hell, the Magister introduces his Psychocorruptor, shows the audience his prepared human “babies,” and—via a controlling beam—proves Mima can switch instantly between love, hate, indifference, lies, and tears. He then invites Satan to help choose a test subject by peering at Earth: a kindly teacher erupts into rage over soup, a celebrated poet reduces love to raw appetite, a punctilious postal clerk bullies a frail old man, and a politician is dismissed at once. At last they find János, a modest, devout forester devoted to his wife Ilonka, mercy, animals, and humble domestic peace; judged truly virtuous, he is seized by devils. As the second part begins, the machine is loaded, Mima takes her place, and the terrified János is brought in for the experiment to start. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBudapest: Franklin-Társulat, 1923
653 _aComedy plays
653 _aHungarian drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77650
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