The Handmaid's Tale
1985 novel by Margaret Atwood
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Summary
The Handmaid's Tale is a literary work[1].
Key Facts
- Author: Margaret Atwood[2]
- Award received: Arthur C. Clarke Award[3], NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4], Governor General's Award for English-language fiction[5], Los Angeles Times Book Prize[6], Audie Awards[7]
- Instance of: banned book[8]
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart[9]
- Genre: feminist science fiction[10], social science fiction novel[11], science fiction[12], dystopian fiction[13], historical fiction[14]
- Follows: Bodily Harm[15]
- Followed by: Cat's Eye[16], The Testaments[17]
- Part of the series: The Handmaid's Tale[18]
- Language of work or name: English[19]
- Country of origin: Canada[20]
- Publication date: August 1985[21]
- Characters: Offred[22], Serena Joy[23]
- Has edition or translation: The Handmaid's Tale[24]
- Narrative location: United States[25]
- Nominated for: Prometheus Award[26], Booker Prize[27], Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[28], Nebula Award for Best Novel[29]
- Title: The Handmaid's Tale[30], La Servante écarlate[31], Разказът на прислужницата[32], Příběh služebnice[33], Der Report der Magd[34], El cuento de la criada[35], Sluškinjina priča[36], A szolgálólány meséje[37], Il racconto dell'Ancella[38], O conto da aia[39], Galaad 2195[40], Аповед служанкі[41]
- Different from: The Handmaiden[42]
- Last line: Are there any questions?[43]
- Derivative work: The Handmaid's Tale[44]
- Copyright status: copyrighted[45]
- Epigraph: In the desert there is no sign that says, Thou shalt not eat stones.[46], And when Rachel saw what she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb ? And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her[47], But as to myself, having been wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length utterly despairing of success, I fortunately fell upon this proposal...[48]
- Form of creative work: novel[49]
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What awards did The Handmaid's Tale receive?
Honors received include Arthur C. Clarke Award[3], NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books[4], Governor General's Award for English-language fiction[5], and Los Angeles Times Book Prize[6].