The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

The iconic Sunday Times bestseller that inspired the hit TV series

    • 4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
    • £4.99

Publisher Description

** 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

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2012
15 May
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Random House
SIZE
4.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Bubbie114 ,

Good

Interesting concept, a bit slow at times and a disappointing ending but still interesting.

Golden Wander ,

The Handmaid's Tale

Brilliant concept, superbly written. This book is thought provoking and an excellent read.

Haze2003purple ,

Dystopian nightmare!

Brilliant book showing how a country could change. With this and the follow up, The testaments, released 35 years after this, it is a complete story.

Freedom Freedom
2018
Femlandia Femlandia
2021
Future Home of the Living God Future Home of the Living God
2017
Cream and Sugar Cream and Sugar
2013
Madeleine's Ghost Madeleine's Ghost
1995
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2019 Edition Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2019 Edition
2020
The Testaments The Testaments
2019
The Penelopiad The Penelopiad
2008
The Robber Bride The Robber Bride
2009
The Year of the Flood The Year of the Flood
2010
Oryx And Crake Oryx And Crake
2009
The Blind Assassin The Blind Assassin
2009
Fire and Blood Fire and Blood
2018
Where the Crawdads Sing Where the Crawdads Sing
2018
All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See
2014
American Dirt American Dirt
2020
The Midnight Library The Midnight Library
2020
Girl A Girl A
2021