Handmaid's Tale, The

Written in the politically turbulent 1980s, Margaret Atwood's feminist novel examines a world in which women are stripped of their rights after an ultra right-wing group takes control of the United States. Find here character lists, summary and analysis, critical views and more.

Atwood's best known novel depicts one woman's struggle to survive in a futuristic society in which women have become property. Critical views of The handmaid's Tale by various authors; discussion of dystopia and more.

In Volume I see pages 20, 81, 93-94 and pages 175-178 for treatment of "the Handmaid's Tale."

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See page 158 and further for a discussion of T"he Handmaid's Tale."

See page 110 and further for a discussion of "The Handmaid's Tale."