The Handmaid's tale

by Atwood, Margaret

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From the Publisher: In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred's persistent memories of life in the "time before" and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophet…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The Handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood, with an introduction by Valerie Martin.

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From the Publisher: In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate "Handmaids" under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred's persistent memories of life in the "time before" and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. 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 warning

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Everymans Library
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xxxiii, 350 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn761461066
  • LC Classification:PR9199.3.A8
  • Dewey Decimal:813/.54

Table of Contents

1: Night -- 2: Shopping -- 3: Night -- 4: Waiting room -- 5: Nap -- 6: Household -- 7: Night -- 8: Birth day -- 9: Night -- 10: Soul scrolls -- 11: Night -- 12: Jezebel's -- 13: Night -- 14: Salvaging -- 15: Night -- Historical notes.

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Subjects

Fantasy fiction Femmes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Fiction Misogynie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Misogyny Misogyny -- Fiction Women Women -- Fiction

Writers

Atwood, Margaret Martin, Valérie

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