Description
This is a Boundary Bay Classics edition of The Crucible, a 1907 novel by Mark Lee Luther. The story follows Jean Fanshaw, a rebellious seventeen-year-old who insists on being called "Jack," after a family conflict leads to her commitment to a refuge for wayward young women. Jean's clashes with authority, her strained family relationships, and her struggle for self-determination against the rigid expectations placed on women of her era drive the narrative, which eventually carries her toward independence and romance. Published by Macmillan with illustrations by Rose Cecil O'Neill, creator of the Kewpie characters, the novel is a notable example of early twentieth-century American fiction grappling with gender roles and young women's autonomy.
