The Crucible

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.

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.

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.

A very good, gripping play about the Salem Witch Trials. Provides an interesting viewpoint about the events, and I would thoroughly recommend it. The version of this play is clear to read, and gives extra character information that you would not know without reading it.

Pretty good book, boring to read but fun to analyse