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The Robber Bride is a novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1993. Plot summary [ edit ] Set in present-day Toronto , Ontario , the novel is about three women and their history with old friend and nemesis, Zenia.
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood
- 1993
Jan 1, 2001 · 47,562 ratings2,762 reviews. Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride is inspired by "The Robber Bridegroom," a wonderfully grisly tale from the Brothers Grimm in which an evil groom lures three maidens into his lair and devours them, one by one. But in her version, Atwood brilliantly recasts the monster as Zenia, a villainess of demonic proportions ...
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A modern retelling of a fairy tale, The Robber Bride follows three women who are betrayed by a fourth, Zenia, in different ways. The novel explores themes of feminism, betrayal, and identity in 1990s Toronto.
Jan 20, 1998 · The Robber Bride. Paperback – January 20, 1998. by Margaret Atwood (Author) 4.2 2,387 ratings. See all formats and editions. From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—one of Margaret Atwood’s most unforgettable characters lurks at the center of this intricate novel like a spider in a web.
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- Margaret Atwood
- Margaret Eleanor Atwood
In Her Own Words: Margaret Atwood on The Robber Bride Excerpted from the author’s Address to the American Booksellers Association Convention, Miami, Florida, June 1, 1993 One of my favorite books as a child was Grimm’s Fairy Tales, the unexpurgated version–the one with the red-hot shoes. My parents sent away for it by mail order without ...
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Jun 8, 2011 · Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, went back into the bestseller charts with the election of Donald Trump, when the Handmaids became a symbol of resistance against the disempowerment of women, and with the 2017 release of the award ...
- Margaret Atwood
Jun 8, 2011 · The Robber Bride. From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—one of Margaret Atwood’s most unforgettable characters lurks at the center of this intricate novel like a spider in a web. The glamorous, irresistible, unscrupulous Zenia is nothing less than a fairy-tale villain in the memories of her former friends.
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