Bibliograph

The handmaid's tale, Margaret Atwood

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The handmaid's tale, Margaret Atwood

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The handmaid's tale

Oclc number

37806202

Responsibility statement

Margaret Atwood

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 5.4, 14.0, 8109.Reading Counts RC, High School, 9, 16, Quiz: 13181, Guided reading level: NR.

Summary

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Night -- Shopping -- Night -- Waiting room -- Nap -- Household -- Night -- Birth day -- Night -- Soul scrolls -- Night -- Jezebel's -- Night -- Salvaging -- Night -- Historical notes

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