{"product_id":"the-crucible-beckman-junior-cp","title":"The Crucible (Beckman Junior CP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft—and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst produced in 1953, at a time when America was convulsed by a new epidemic of witch-hunting, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. It is a play that is not only relentlessly suspenseful and vastly moving but that compels readers to fathom their hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theater ever can.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arvida Book Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52425067692263,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/crucible.jpg?v=1785188560","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-crucible-beckman-junior-cp","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}