The Crucible
A Play in Four Acts
By Arthur Miller
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 McCarthyism which gripped America 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.
- ISBN:
- 9780141182551
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 144
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint:
- Penguin Classics
- Weight:
- 112 g