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About this book
The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood in 1985. It depicts a totalitarian world known as Gilead, portraying the subjection of women in a patriarchal society. The near-future New England setting illustrates a bleak portrayal of the world after the United States is overthrown by a fundamentalist group. Society is reorganized by the regime using a peculiar interpretation of some Old Testament ideas, and a new militarized, hierarchical model of social and religious fanaticism among its newly created social classes. The novel follows the story of a young woman, Offred, who struggles to maintain her identity. It depicts the rebellion of the women in her social class as their ability to read, write, own property, or handle money are lost. Most significantly, women are deprived of control over their own reproductive functions.
The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the first-ever Man Booker International Prize representing the best writers in contemporary fiction.
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 35 internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her numerous awards include the Governor General’s Award for The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Giller Prize and Italian Premio Mondello for Alias Grace. The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, which she won with The Blind Assassin. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been awarded the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit and the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres among many others; she is a Foreign Honorary Member for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Toronto.
The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the first-ever Man Booker International Prize representing the best writers in contemporary fiction.
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 35 internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her numerous awards include the Governor General’s Award for The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Giller Prize and Italian Premio Mondello for Alias Grace. The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, which she won with The Blind Assassin. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been awarded the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit and the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres among many others; she is a Foreign Honorary Member for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Toronto.
First Edition Identification
McClelland and Stewart published a 1st edition of The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985, as a hardcover in Toronto, Canada. A true first printing includes "Set in the near future in a locale resembling Cambridge Massachusetts, this work describes life in what was once the United States - A Clockwork Orange, as seen by women" on the dust jacket.
In 1986 Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, published the first US edition of The Handmaid’s Tale in 1986.
Jonathan Cape published the first UK edition of The Handmaid’s Tale in 1986.
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- Title The Handmaid's Tale
- Author Margaret Atwood
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 324
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher McClelland & Stewart, Toronto
- Date 1985
- ISBN 9780771008139 / 0771008139
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Reading level 750
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86129018
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland and Stewart M & S, 1985. First Canadian printing (no statement of later print). Previous owners name at the top of the title page, light soil to outer edges and light creasing from page handling. Boards have light edge/bump wear and grazing upper right of the rear panel. DJ has edge/rub wear, creasing, small tears, light soiling, light indentation marks, graze marks and shallow chipping. There is glue residue at the bottom of the spine extending into the front/rear panels. Actual book for sale pictured. Winner of the 1985 Governor General's Award for fiction. 16.2 x 23.7 x 2.9cm, wt850g. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Rubbing at the spine ends, a few scattered soil marks on the front board and lower edge, gift inscription on the front pastedown partially obscured by the jacket flap. Light wear along the jacket edges, one inch closed tear on the lower front edge, a patch of small scrapes on the portrait on the rear panel. True first edition..
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