<p><b>A gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, <i>The Handmaid's Tale </i>has become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time. Margaret Atwood is "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (<i>New York Times</i>).</b></p><p>Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules.</p><p>Like Aldous Huxley's <i>Brave New World </i>and George Orwell's <i>Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid's Tale </i>has endured not only as a literary landmark but as a warning of a possible future that is still chillingly relevant.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Margaret Atwood<br><b>Publisher:</b> Everyman's Library<br><b>Published:</b> 10/17/2006<br><b>Pages:</b> 400<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.08lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.26h x 5.26w x 1.01d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307264602<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:<