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by Margaret Atwood

Futuristic tale of a society where fertile women are used as “handmaids” to bear children for ruling class men whose wives are infertile .

Characters: Offred, Moira, The Aunts
Keywords: science fiction, feminism

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Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/03/26/specials/mccarthy-atwood.html
“Surely the essential element of a cautionary tale is recognition. . . . It is an effect, for me, almost strikingly missing from Margaret Atwood’s very readable book . . . It seems harsh to say again of a poet’s novel — so hard to put down, in part so striking — that it lacks imagination, but that, I fear, is the problem.”
Contains: Review,
Author: February 9, 1986
From: The New York Times Book Review Mary McCarthy
Author: February 9, 1986
From: The New York Times Book Review Mary McCarthy
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No Balm in Gilead for Margaret Atwood
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/09/03/specials/atwood-gilead.html
In an interview about “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Atwood told a reporter, “I delayed writing it for about three years after I got the idea because I felt it was too crazy.”
Author: Mervyn Rothstein
From: The New York Times Book Review February 17, 1986
Author: Mervyn Rothstein
From: The New York Times Book Review February 17, 1986
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Study Guide to Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale (1986)
http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~brians/science_fiction/handmaid.html
A chapter by chapter breakdown of study questions and brief notes for The Handmaid’s Tale.
Author: Paul Brians
From: Course Materials, Including Study Guides to Various Works http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~brians/guides_index.html
Author: Paul Brians
From: Course Materials, Including Study Guides to Various Works http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~brians/guides_index.html
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