The handmaid's tale [electronic resource]. Margaret Atwood.
This novel has been described as "a women's 1984." As with Orwell's futuristic thriller, The Handmaid's Tale is well-written, politically astute, and contains enough reality mixed in with the fantastic to compel and horrify. Although the novel has a feminist perspective, it addresses the universal issues of individual autonomy and freedom.
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- ISBN: 9781980039549
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (10 audio files) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Prince Frederick : Recorded Books, 2019.
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- General Note:
- Unabridged.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Narrator: Betty Harris.
- Target Audience Note:
- Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4750 Lexile.
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- Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
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This novel has been described as "a women's 1984." As with Orwell's futuristic thriller, The Handmaid's Tale is well-written, politically astute, and contains enough reality mixed in with the fantastic to compel and horrify. Although the novel has a feminist perspective, it addresses the universal issues of individual autonomy and freedom.
