The handmaid's tale
(Book)
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Contributors
Published
New York : Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Format
Book
ISBN
0307264602, 9780307264602, 184159301X, 9781841593012
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 350 pages ; 22 cm.
Lexile measure
750L
Rating
750L
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Published
New York : Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Language
English
ISBN
0307264602, 9780307264602, 184159301X, 9781841593012
Lexile measure
750
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page xix).
Description
A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray for the Commander to make her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules.
Target Audience
750L,Lexile
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Atwood, M., & Martin, V. (2006). The handmaid's tale . Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Atwood, Margaret, 1939- and Valerie Martin. 2006. The Handmaid's Tale. New York: Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Atwood, Margaret, 1939- and Valerie Martin. The Handmaid's Tale New York: Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Atwood, Margaret, and Valerie Martin. The Handmaid's Tale Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
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