The Crucible Kindle Edition

The Kindle version of this book is simply a scanned version of the print book. No one has edited it or checked it for scanning errors. As a result you get words and lines mashed together, and page headers from the print copy popping up throughout the text. It is very difficult to read and I don't know why Amazon is charging money for this Kindle version. If you want the Kindle version, try a different edition. Much better to pay $9 for a readable version than $3 for one this crappy.

The quintessential allegory inveighing against spreading political lies to gin up support for your side out of fear of some other enemy. Miller compares the McCarthy hearings not only to the Salem Witch Trials, but also to Stalin's "Show Trials" of the 1930's. Considering the target of his intellectual wrath claimed the mantle of being the savior of America from the "Red Menace," writing the dialogue of the witch trials to so closely coincide with that used by Stalin's henchmen was brilliant.

I've never seen the play or any odd the movies, but the book was really good. It centers around Abigail Williams and John Proctor. Abigail was one of the leaders of the girls who accused townspeople of being witches. In real life, she was only 11, but she is an older teenager in the play. John Proctor is a well thought of farmer. In actuality, he was 60 years old, but his character is in his 30's in the play. The characters are fairly historically correct. I enjoyed researching to find out what history says happened after reading Miller's work.

One cannot read this play and not recognize that we are in the grip of similar demons. The children of Salem whose wild accusations condemn good people to death have their counterparts in those students who persecute professors with views they, the “woke” students, reject. No one hangs now - thank God - but careers have been shattered and lives uprooted by accusations made in bad faith. America, return to rationality and don’t be afraid, amid the clamor about your sins, to remember your goodness

An obvious classic, but the foreword deserves special memtion as it did a great job of tying the story into modern witchhunts and related it well to today's political climate.

One of the masterpieces of US drama. Although it has four acts it flowed forcefully from the first to last page. A must for anyone interested in the theatre or US literature. In every respect, characterization, plot, dialogue and the interplay of all elements, an incredible and poetic work of art. It is about the only thing that separates the human race from all other species, integrity and values other than self preservation. One of the few plays in US literature that has the power of classical works of the Greeks and Shakespeare.

Witch! Racist! This book was eerily familiar. As I watch history repeating itself, I ask myself, what are we doing? Are we going to destroy ourselves as Salem did? Lord help us.

I was assigned an English paper to be written on an author of the Literary Canon. A friend of mine recommended this book so I decided to read it. This book blew me away. The plot was engaging and there was never a moment when I became disinterested. The story of one girl turning a whole town against a group of wrongly accused people of practicing witchcraft blew me away. The whole time I was reading the book I was rooting for Abigail's manipulation and lies to be exposed. The one thing I liked about the characters in this book is they all had a driving purpose. It ranged from wanting the affections of a married man to trying to redeem ones self by saving a town from a group of evil women. I feel this a great educational book. It gives insight into the Salem Witch Trials and also Puritan religion. It has all of the drama and secrets of a great book while also teaching an important moral lesson. It shows how one lie can spiral out of control and have devastating consequences. After reading this book, I was interested in the characters real life stories and researched. This is one of those books that will keep you thinking after your read it about the characters, plot, and the sad ending. This book will always remain on my bookshelf for future rereadings.

I have never been so disappointed in a book’s quality. It is almost as if it is a test piece. I wonder if it is even a genuine Penguin book? When opened, paper fluttered out. The bits of paper were in the way of the printing process meaning some pictures were not printed properly. One page looked as if it had been glued in with torn edges & big blue lines front & back. Another page had a big black sticker on it. I think it had all its pages, however, who knows when something arrives in such poor quality? Is this a genuine mistake or is it a rip off? I paid full price for a new product. I tried to do an exchange for a new book the same but the function would not allow this. I cannot be bothered with the hassle of sending it back, refund & waiting on another. I will make do with this but am very disappointed. Would really like an automatic exchange.

Odd ending, doesn't feel finished, I think I need to see it now to get it fully understood better. Cool

If you only read one play in your life, read The Crucible. You will never forget.You will never unthinkingly accept authority, or take allegations at face value, again.

As this is written as a play I wasn't sure if this would detract from the main story line but surprisingly it made imagining it easier. A brilliant piece of writing.

The actual novel / book is great. I love the plot although at some points I feel it went quite slow and causing it not to be interesting any longer. The condition was great and make sure you order with one day delivery if you don't want it to turn up 2 months later. If you are a student I would recommend buying another copy of this book, either the student edition ( you would find this on the menu when your write it in the Amazon search tab and it should appear as a scarecrow being hanged on the front cover, it will say student edition in brackets next to the image) or you could by the hardback which has the image of a woman with a green light on top of her head. Bothe these have notes and questions for students to answer for a better understanding of the play and a better understanding of social/ historical context- in English gcse it is known as AO4. I also recommend you buy the York notes of the crucible with the hardcover just mentioned above. The York notes works only with the hard cover in terms of references to the actual book in terms of page numbers e.g on the York notes it will give a quote and say page 5, and that quote will be on the hardcover on page 5 but could be on a different page on other editions of the book. The York notes will help a lot. For anyone who loves reading try "as I lay dying" by William Faulkner. It is quite difficult but have a go.