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An edition of The Handmaid's Tale
(1985)
The Handmaid's Tale
Emblem edition
by Margaret Atwood
- 9 Ratings
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The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England, in a strongly patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state, known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government. The central character and narrator is a woman named Offred, one of the group known as "handmaids", who are forcibly assigned to produce children for the "commanders" — the ruling class of men in Gilead.
The novel explores themes of subjugated women in a patriarchal society, loss of female agency and individuality, and the various means by which they resist and attempt to gain individuality and independence.
The Handmaid's Tale won the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987; it was also nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, the 1986 Booker Prize, and the 1987 Prometheus Award.
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The Handmaid's Tale
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- The Handmaid's Tale - Wikipedia
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- Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale feels real in 2019, but the solution won’t come from novels
- An analysis of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Handmaid's Tale | Plot, Legacy, & Facts | Britannica.com
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