The Crucible by Arthur Miller

The Crucible by Arthur MillerArthur 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

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This is a celebration of women who love women - sapphics - and a paean to those who have long existed outside of traditional definitions of sexuality and gender

June 1849: Dr William Wilde

The Penguin English Library edition of North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Neighbours know more than they let on

every human being can develop a sense of self and fulfil their right to be heard

Manson takes us by the collar and challenges us to be more honest with ourselves and connected with the world in ways we probably haven't considered before

and their solving becomes the thrilling climax to this tale

The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity

Perhaps the greatest short story collection in the English language