The Handmaid's Tale

Brief Summary

Are you interested in dystopian novels and totalitarian regimes? Margaret Atwood’s "The Handmaid’s Tale" is set in a future where environmental disasters and declining birth rates have led to the rise of the Republic of Gilead. Gilead enforces strict social roles: fertile women become Handmaids to bear children for the country's commanders. You will learn the customs and laws of Gilead following the female protagonist, Offred.