{"product_id":"9780141182551","title":"The Crucible : A Play in Four Acts","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Miller, Arthur \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; literary studies\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 February 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 x 10 | 114g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491483074946,"sku":"9780141182551","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780141182551.jpg?v=1753748472","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9780141182551","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}