The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale
ISBN-10
184159301X
ISBN-13
9781841593012
Series
The Handmaid's Tale
Category
Dystopian fiction
Pages
350
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Everyman Guides
Author
Margaret Atwood

Description

Set in the near future, America has become a puritanical theocracy and Offred tells her story as a Handmaid under the new social order whose function is to breed.

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