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The Handmaid's Tale
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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The Handmaid's Tale
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Publisher's Summary
Audie Award, Fiction, 2013
Margaret Atwood's popular dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale explores a broad range of issues relating to power, gender and religious politics. Multiple Golden Globe award winner Claire Danes (Romeo and Juliet, The Hours) gives a stirring performance of this classic in speculative fiction, one of the most powerful and widely read novels of our time.
After a staged terrorist attack kills the president and most of Congress, the government is deposed and taken over by the oppressive and all controlling Republic of Gilead. Offred, now a Handmaid serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife, can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Despite the danger, Offred learns to navigate the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules in hopes of ending this oppression.
Cover art by Fred Marcellino. Used with permission of Pippin Properties, Inc.
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- EJG
- 2018-06-16
Very interesting listening, especially sine there is also a TV series
The final chapter is useful in bringing it all together. Atwood wrote an interesting book - back in the 80’s - that harkens a bit to today’s news stories coming out of the states. Take note people !
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-10-24
Voices well casted.Story original & interesting.
voices were well done. held my interest. touched on subjects rarely talked about. I love reading stories that are nothing like outher books!
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- Sahand Pashazadeh
- 2020-02-24
One of the best books
Such a phenomenal book that I think anyone of voting age needs to read. So much of it can be seen in our current global political landscape.
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- Sue
- 2018-09-13
Excellent book!
Loved listening to this book. Although the narration was slower, it was easy to follow and suspenseful. #Audible1
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-12-29
well narrated
I liked it, but I didn't love it. I thought I would because I generally like the dystopias. It was hard to get into because nothing really happened in the beginning.
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- hussam
- 2018-03-13
Classic! highly recommend
Classic book! I highly recommend it. Love the writing style and performance, it takes a while to get started but it gets really good after the first couple of chapters.
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- NePatsGirl
- 2019-01-05
Very Good- good narration
Having read the book many years ago I couldn’t remember most of the story - now
Seems to be very popular again - likely due to the new series. Thoroughly enjoyed the story. Normally I do not listen to fiction on audible but I highly recommend this book. It kept your interest and the narrator had a pleasant voice. Often there are books I would get but am turned of by the chosen narrator.
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- Helen Loewen
- 2023-02-13
One of my favourite books ever!
Quite eerie are the similarities of the time in which this was written to our own 37 years later. Absolutely profound, fascinating, and prophetic.
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- MCK
- 2019-11-16
Compelling story and perfect narration!
I could not have loved this more. Powerhouse combo of Atwood’s prose and Danes’ performance.
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- Claire
- 2018-09-19
A true classic
Amazing, thoughtful, deep, and very profound. This is obviously a classic. Inspiration for a generation of women. #audible1
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