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Binding: Library Binding
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780791059265
ISBN: 079105926X
Label: Chelsea House Publications
Manufacturer: Chelsea House Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 188
Publication Date: 2001-02
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 1759299
Studio: Chelsea House Publications

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Atwood's best-known novel depicts one woman's struggle to survive in a futuristic society in which women have become property.

The title, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Margaret Atwood, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

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- This is a must read...
This is without a doubt one of the best books of all time. The US government has been crippled by nuclear war and overthrown by a Christian Theocracy, which subjugates women and persecutes anyone who does not subscribe to the stated belief system. It's strict and secluded. The theocracy claims to protect its people, its women from how the world used to abuse them through rape and sexualization, by blaming the women and then perpetuating a worse sort of lifestyle. This book focuses on the story of one Handmaid, Offred (a name given to her after becoming a Handmaid). You can tell that Atwood is coming out of the feminist movement, as well as the backlash against feminism... Serena Joy was a lot like Phyllis Schlafly, who was quite vocal in her sense of traditionalism for women (and popularly, her stop ERA movement). Offred wasn't born a Handmaid; she remembers what life was like before and how the US changed. Much ... Read More

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- Haunting
I suspect that this book was a chilling read when it was published in the 1980's, but it is especially disturbing in 2008. The threats Atwood identified then-- religious fundamentalism, an environmental apocalypse, spying and terror committed by governments, increasing control over women's bodies-- seem even more pertinent today. Atwood's humor keeps the book from ever becoming too bleak.

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- Fascinating but horrifying
I finally read this after coming across several references to it. It's the scariest book I've ever read because 20 years later, I can still see it coming true. It was a bit confusing to read at first but the main plot was easy to grasp. This is one of my favorite books now.

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- I can't praise it enough
This was a very unique and interesting story. It's a dark theme with some very dark moments, but it also opens one's eyes. It definitely has a feminist philosophy slant- but I like that. The book left me wanting to know more- I wanted to know what happened to the character and to society next, but that was supposed to be left to the imagination, I'm sure.

This is not your regular novel and I would not tread lightly into it. It's philosophical content does not make for light reading. It also isn't uplifting or "feel good". But it is a story which will make you think.

Don't let the negative reviews scare you off. The grammar isn't as tough as Joyce Carol Oates, and I followed the story easily.

This book got me through the Bar Exam.

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