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About this book
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England, in a strongly patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state, known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government. The central character and narrator is a woman named Offred, one of the group known as "handmaids", who are forcibly assigned to produce children for the "commanders" — the ruling class of men in Gilead. The novel explores themes of subjugated women in a patriarchal society, loss of female agency and individuality, and the various means by which they resist and attempt to gain individuality and independence. The Handmaid's Tale won the 1985 Governor General's Award and the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987; it was also nominated for the 1986 Nebula Award, the 1986 Booker Prize, and the 1987 Prometheus Award. ---------- Also contained in: Novels
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4.2/5 · 2547838 leitores · 411 páginas · ≈ 7 h 37 m · Moderado
Quanto tempo leva para ler The Handmaid's Tale?
Cerca de ≈ 7 h 37 m — 411 páginas, considerando aproximadamente 250 palavras por página a 225 palavras por minuto.
Quantas páginas tem The Handmaid's Tale?
411 páginas em sua edição mais lida.
Qual é o gênero de The Handmaid's Tale?
Ele está nas estantes de Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fiction.
The Handmaid's Tale virou filme ou série?
Sim — as adaptações incluem The Handmaid's Tale (1991), The Handmaid's Tale (1990).
The Handmaid's Tale está em domínio público?
Não — ainda está sob direitos autorais.
Quem são os principais personagens de The Handmaid's Tale?
Os principais personagens incluem Margaret Atwood (1939-), Offred, Commanders, Rachel.
Onde se passa The Handmaid's Tale?
A história se passa em Republic of Gilead, New England, United States of America.
Quem escreveu The Handmaid's Tale?
Margaret Atwood.
“We slept in what had become the gymnasium.”