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Sep 19, 2017 · Captivating and disturbing, Alias Grace showcases bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.
Alias Grace is a historical fiction novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. First published in 1996 by McClelland & Stewart, it won the Canadian Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The story fictionalizes the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Canada West.
- The writings of Susanna Moodie. Alias Grace represents Atwood's fascination with the tale after reading author Susanna Moodie's account of the murders in the 1853 book, Life in the Clearing.
- The known facts of the 19th century case. In 1843, Irish immigrant and teenager Grace Marks was sentence to life in prison for murdering her wealthy employer Thomas Kinnear and his pregnant housekeeper and mistress Nancy Montgomery.
- Grace Marks, Karla Holmolka and how society views female criminals. The trial of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka were happening around the same time Atwood was writing Alias Grace.
- The power of dreams and repressed memories. Atwood was fascinated by the concept of dreams and the subconscious; dreaming plays a major role in Alias Grace.
Nov 8, 2017 · Alias Grace, Netflix’s 6-part miniseries based on Margaret Atwood’s 1996 novel of the same name, is a harrowing tale of persecution and identity wrapped up in a true crime story.
- Caitlin Busch
- IT'S ONE OF THREE ATWOOD ADAPTATIONS HITTING THE SMALL SCREEN THIS YEAR. Atwood's classic 1986 novel The Handmaid's Tale of course already came out on Hulu and garnered several Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series.
- IT’S BASED ON A TRUE STORY. Alias Grace tells the story of a young Irish servant named Grace Marks, who kills her employer and his mistress in 1843 Canada with the help of a male servant.
- NOBODY KNOWS HOW THE STORY ENDS. Although Grace Marks really existed, nobody knows the rest of her story. Following the crime, she was sentenced to death in 1843.
- EVEN IN THE 1800S, PEOPLE WERE DRAWN TO THE STORY'S SEX AND VIOLENCE. The stereotype of the 1800s is of a buttoned-up era in which a lady showing her ankle was considered racy.
Nov 1, 2017 · The Mysterious Murder Case That Inspired Margaret Atwood’s ‘Alias Grace’. At the center of the case was a beautiful young woman named Grace Marks. But was she really responsible for the...
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The bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments reveals the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century in this “shadowy, fascinating novel” (Time).
