The Crucible : A Play in Four Acts Paperback / softback
by Arthur Miller
Part of the Penguin Modern Classics series
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Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' - and the American anti-communist purges led by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s.
The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations. A depiction of innocent men and women destroyed by malicious rumour, The Crucible is also a powerful indictment of McCarthyism and the 'frontier mentality' of Cold War America.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:24/02/2000
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- ISBN:9780141182551
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In Stock - More than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:144 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:24/02/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780141182551
