The Handmaid's Tale: The iconic Sunday Times bestseller that inspired the hit TV series (Study And Revise For As/a Level Ser. #1)

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** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Discover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon.Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford – her assigned name, Offred, means ‘of Fred’. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist' Bernadine Evaristo‘As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it’ Guardian
Copyright:
2011

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
336 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781446485477
Related ISBNs:
9780099511663, 9780099740919, 9781473560925, 9781784708238, 9781784879679, 9781786141637, 9781784873189, 9781784874872
Publisher:
Random House
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Copyrighted By:
O W Toad Ltd
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Politics and Government
Reading Age:
10–12
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Bookshare Staff
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