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  1. 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]

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  2. Mar 16, 1998 · by Margaret Atwood (Author) 4.3 153,091 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).

  3. Apr 13, 2024 · 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.

  4. May 19, 2021 · Margaret Atwood has always been waiting for the other shoe to drop. Born in Ottawa in 1939, Atwood has been consumed with the specter of a sudden totalitarian takeover, like the one she...

  5. Apr 25, 2018 · Margaret Atwood on How She Came to Write The Handmaid’s Tale ‹ Literary Hub. The Origin Story of an Iconic Novel. VIA THE FOLIO SOCIETY. By Margaret Atwood. April 25, 2018. Some books haunt the reader. Others haunt the writer. The Handmaid’s Tale has done both. Article continues below.

  6. Jan 1, 2001 · The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a brilliant, endearing, scary as hell book. Told with simplistic prose and stark attention to detail, Atwood describes life in the not too distant future where the United States has been transformed through military coup into a totalitarian theocracy.

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  8. Apr 25, 2018 · Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale seared this image into our souls with its depiction of a near-future dystopia in which women are forced into reproductive slavery to bear the...

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