{"product_id":"9780141182551","title":"The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller","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.;  144 pages; Published: 24\/02\/2000\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780141182551\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56457001337214,"sku":"9780141182551","price":19.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/1298\/0350\/files\/9780141182551.jpg?v=1761330418","url":"https:\/\/it-book.co.uk\/products\/9780141182551","provider":"IT-Book","version":"1.0","type":"link"}