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The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal , totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government . [8]
Jan 1, 2001 · The Handmaid’s Tale #1. Margaret Atwood. 4.14. 2,093,212 ratings99,003 reviews. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read.
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The Handmaid’s Tale, acclaimed dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. The book, set in New England in the near future, posits a Christian fundamentalist theocratic regime in the former United States that arose as a response to a fertility crisis.
Mar 16, 1998 · 4.3 153,726 ratings. Book 1 of 2: The Handmaid's Tale. See all formats and editions. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (The New York Times).
by Margaret Atwood. 4.49 · 342 Ratings · 14 Reviews · 5 editions. A box set of Margaret Atwood's bestselling compani… Want to Read. Rate it: The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1), The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2), The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel, and The Handmaid's Tale...
In the world of the near future, who will control women’s bodies? Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.
Feb 17, 1986 · Now a Hulu Original Series The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate ...
Margaret Atwood. ** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ** Discover the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series in this beautiful gift edition. 'I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.'.
Sep 6, 2011 · Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire...
