Who wrote the book about Salem witch trials?
The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Although the play is set in Salem in 1692 and depicts the events of the Salem Witch Trials, it is actually an allegory for the Red Scare that took place in the United States in the 1950s.
What is the best book about the Salem witch trials?
Best Books About The Salem Witch Trials
- The Witches: The Absolutely True Tale Of Disaster In Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer.
- A Break With Charity: A Story About The Salem Witch Trials by Ann Rinaldi.
- The Witch Of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.
- What Were The Salem Witch Trials?
- Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich.
Is the Salem witch trials a book?
The Salem Witch Trials: A Day by Day Chronicle of a Community under Siege by Marilynne Roach.
What book caused the Salem witch trials?
Most historians agree though that there were probably many causes behind the Salem Witch Trials, according to Emerson W. Baker in his book A Storm of Witchcraft: “What happened in Salem likely had many causes, and as many responses to those causes…
What other books are like the Crucible?
Novels
- Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey.
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
- The Anger of Angels by Sherryl Jordan.
- Act of Faith by Kelly Gardiner.
- Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa Breslin.
Who was to blame for the Salem witch trials?
In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the main character Abigail Williams is to blame for the 1692 witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts.
Who was the first afflicted girl Salem?
Betty Parris
“Betty Parris: First Afflicted Girl of the Salem Witch Trials.” History of Massachusetts. Gragg, Larry. A Quest for Security: The Life of Samuel Parris 1653-1720.
What should I read after the Crucible?
Tennesse Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Bloom’s Guides)
- Louisiana New Orleans.
- Streetcar Named Desire (Williams, Tennessee)