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"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." - dust jacket. Second printing of the first Canadian edition. [12], 13-324 pp. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality early copy of this treasured work. SPADONI & DONNELLY 3587; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall; The Handmaid's Tall, Margaret Atwood, Canadian Literature.

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, first published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian state resembling a theonomy that has overthrown the United States government. The novel focuses on the journey of the handmaid Offred, her life in this regime, and her role in society to produce children against her will.