The Crucible
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9780141182551 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur Miller |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.114 |
| Publishing Date | 24/02/2000 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.16 |
| Tax | €0.79 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €13.95 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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.