The Handmaid's Tale

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Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (Omnibus): Episode 2

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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Episode 2

Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (Omnibus)

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale (Omnibus), Episode 2

A tale of future female subjugation in 21st-century America.

A chilling vision of future female subjugation in 21st-century America. Read by Buffy Davis.

The conclusion of Margaret Atwood's chilling vision of future female subjugation in 21st-century America.

In an age of plummeting birth rates - the result of pollution, nuclear accidents and toxic spillages - this is the diary of a woman recruited by a totalitarian regime.

Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's best selling writers. First published in 1985, The Handmaid's Tale was nominated for The Booker Prize, Prometheus Award and Nebula. It won an Arthur C Clarke Award. It has also been successfully adapted for TV.

Read by Buffy Davis
Abridged by Katie Campbell 
Producer Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995

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Adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel set in a world of women under oppression.

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