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About this book
The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood in 1985. It depicts a totalitarian world known as Gilead, portraying the subjection of women in a patriarchal society. The near-future New England setting illustrates a bleak portrayal of the world after the United States is overthrown by a fundamentalist group. Society is reorganized by the regime using a peculiar interpretation of some Old Testament ideas, and a new militarized, hierarchical model of social and religious fanaticism among its newly created social classes. The novel follows the story of a young woman, Offred, who struggles to maintain her identity. It depicts the rebellion of the women in her social class as their ability to read, write, own property, or handle money are lost. Most significantly, women are deprived of control over their own reproductive functions.
The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the first-ever Man Booker International Prize representing the best writers in contemporary fiction.
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 35 internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her numerous awards include the Governor General’s Award for The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Giller Prize and Italian Premio Mondello for Alias Grace. The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, which she won with The Blind Assassin. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been awarded the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit and the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres among many others; she is a Foreign Honorary Member for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Toronto.
The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for the first-ever Man Booker International Prize representing the best writers in contemporary fiction.
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 35 internationally acclaimed works of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her numerous awards include the Governor General’s Award for The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Giller Prize and Italian Premio Mondello for Alias Grace. The Handmaid’s Tale, Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake were all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, which she won with The Blind Assassin. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been awarded the Norwegian Order of Literary Merit and the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres among many others; she is a Foreign Honorary Member for Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in Toronto.
First Edition Identification
McClelland and Stewart published a 1st edition of The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985, as a hardcover in Toronto, Canada. A true first printing includes "Set in the near future in a locale resembling Cambridge Massachusetts, this work describes life in what was once the United States - A Clockwork Orange, as seen by women" on the dust jacket.
In 1986 Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, published the first US edition of The Handmaid’s Tale in 1986.
Jonathan Cape published the first UK edition of The Handmaid’s Tale in 1986.
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- Title The Handmaid's Tale
- Author Margaret Atwood
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 324
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher McClelland & Stewart, Toronto
- Date 1985
- ISBN 9780771008139 / 0771008139
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Reading level 750
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86129018
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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McClelland and Stewart, 1985 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A little shelf wear to book and dust jacket (not price clipped). Dust jacket (now in removable mylar sleeve) has 3 short closed tears. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. 324 pp. Second Printing. .
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Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON.: McClelland & Stewart / M&S, 1985, 1st Edition, First Printing , 1985. -----------( 1st Printing of the First edition ) ---hardcover, a Very Good+ example with a bit of light rubbing at spine tips, a pretty nice copy but there are about 15 pages with some ink underlining, the underlining can be just a word or three but there are some sentences underlined (who knows why), there was also pencil underlining in places which have now been erased (a few instances shows an impression on the paper from the underlining but again nothing too serious), there are a few pages with small stains (see scan for the largest of the stains), one very small mark on fore edge of text block---this sounds worse that it really is ---in a Good or better dustjacket with some chips and short tears, some sunning to the spine of the jacket, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, in a Good dustjacket with a bit of light rubbing, some short closed tears, small chips, looks quite nice…
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A lovely copy of a now Canadian classic. Except for a small bump on the bottom of the back (as pictured), book is fine. Unclipped DJ is very good-plus. Small tear top left front of DJ, some light surface bumping on back of DJ, and a bruise over the "l" in "Tale."
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A fine second printing of the first Canadian edition in a fair dust jacket. Staining to lower spine and 2cm tear to front lower left corner, shown in picture. It is otherwise intact and not price-clipped.
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985. FIRST printing. Lightly rubbed on ends of spine and (1 inch) along top edge, slightly cocked, lower corners bumped and bowed, faint stain (1/8 inch) on fore and bottom edge, pencil erasure shadow (3 numbers) on fly-title page, else pages spotless and binding firm. Overall, very good plus. DJ darkened on the inside, creased along folds, creased and lightly chipped along top and bottom edge, two small closed tears (1/4 and 1/8 inch) in rear upper edge, spine faded, light scratches on rear, else very good minus. Protected in Mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Toronto, Canada: McClelland and Stewart, 1985. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. The true first edition. Jacket with two closed tears at the top of the front panel, light edge wear elsewhere.
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