The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
  1. The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
  2. The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
  3. The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
  4. The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
  5. The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing
  6. The Handmaid's Tales - Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing

The Handmaid’s Tales – Margaret Atwood 1986 | 2nd Printing

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  • Author: Margaret Atwood
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo
  • Attributes: Dust Jacket

First US edition, second printing. Binding tight, soiling on bottom edge of the spine, not affecting internal text, internally fine, unmarked. DJ is toned around the edges, rubbed at spine ends. Good in VG DJ.

 

The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian masterpiece set in the oppressive theocracy of Gilead, where women are stripped of rights and reduced to their reproductive functions. Offred, a Handmaid forced into sexual servitude, navigates a world of surveillance, ritualized rape, and whispered rebellion while clinging to memories of her stolen past. Atwood’s chilling prose explores themes of gender, power, and resistance, mirroring real-world patriarchal anxieties with terrifying plausibility. A cornerstone of feminist literature, the novel remains alarmingly relevant, inspiring TV adaptations and global protests.

For Readers of Dystopian Power & Feminist Resistance:

  • The Testaments (Margaret Atwood) – The sequel, revealing Gilead’s fractures.
  • *1984* (George Orwell) – Totalitarian dread and thought control.
  • Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler) – Climate collapse and oppressive regimes.
  • The Power (Naomi Alderman) – Gender dynamics violently reversed.

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