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The Handmaid's Tale

A chilling, defiant voice from a world where women have lost everything, including their names.
Reading guide
The Handmaid's Tale is a standalone novel, so there is no series order to follow. Start here and read it straight through.
Offred recalls her life before the revolution in flashbacks while navigating the dangers of her present in the Commander's household. Her future depends on the choices she must make between two men, and the novel follows her through the terrifying realities of life under Gilead.

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Offred's name is not her own. It marks her as the property of the Commander, in whose household she has been placed for one purpose: to bear a child for the Republic of Gilead. In this regime, women have lost their work, their money and even the right to read, and refusal means the gallows. Inside this narrow present of red robes and watchful eyes, Offred clings to memories of the life she had before, and to small, dangerous flickers of desire and hope.

Margaret Atwood tells the story in Offred's own voice, which is wry, precise and quietly defiant. The publisher's edition carries praise for its relevance, and the novel has been a Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller. It also inspired a television series, but the book remains the place to experience Offred's world in her own words.

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