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"The Handmaid's Tale"
1985 Novel • Movie & TV • 2019 Sequel
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"Every love story is a tragedy if you wait long enough." — Fred (Season 1, Episode 5)
"Everybody's talking about happily ever after, but there's just after." — Moira (Season 3, Episode 5)
Synopsis
1985 "The Handmaid's Tale" novel entry at Wikipedia
"The Handmaid's Tale" 1990 movie entry at Wikipedia
"The Handmaid's Tale" TV series entry at Wikipedia
2019 sequel novel "The Testaments" entry at Wikipedia
The Book/s
1985 "The_Handmaid's Tale" novel entry at Wikipedia
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Kindle Edition from Ecco [1986 edition] for $11.99
Random House UK/Vintage Classics 7¾x5 pb [10/2010] for $13.86
Fawcett mass pb [1991] out of print/used
Ecco 8¼x5½ hardcover [4/2017] for $14.99
graphic novel by Renée Nault: Kindle Edition from Nan A. Talese [3/2019] for $12.99
graphic novel by Renée Nault: Nan A. Talese 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2019] for $21.49
Spanish Edition: "El Cuento de La Criada"
Kindle Edition from Salamandra [4/2017] for $8.99
Salamandra Bolsillo 8x5 pb [7/2021] for $10.35
Salamandra 8½x5½ pb [6/2017] for $20.49
Salamandra 9x5½ hardcover [5/2019] for $28.95
novela gráfica: Salamandra 9½x5½ hardcover [7/2020] for $19.79
French Edition: "La Servante Écarlate (The Scarlet Servant)"
Robert Laffont mass pb [6/2017] import/used
Robert Laffont/Pavilions 8½x5¼ pb [8/00] import/used
Critical Edition Edited by Hélène Greven: Klincksieck 9x6 pb [11/98] import/used
roman graphique par Renée Nault: Kindle Edition from Robert Laffont [11/2021] for $18.99
roman graphique par Renée Nault: Robert Laffont 9½x6½ pb [10/2021] for $31.75
Italian Edition: "Il Racconto dell'Ancella"
Kindle Edition from Ponte alle Grazie [3/2018] for $12.99
Bollati Boringhieri 8x5½ pb [2019] for $31.34
Ponte alle Grazie 8x5½ pb [6/2017] import/used
German Edition: "Der Report der Magd: Roman"
Kindle Edition from Piper ebooks [4/2017] for $12.67
Piper Verlag Germany mass pb [4/2017] for $17.03
Fischer Verlag Germany pb [2015] import/used
Graphic Novel von Renée Nault: Berlin Verlag 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2019] for $38.00
Interpretation by Christoph M. Peters: Stark mass pb [2013] import/used
Polish Edition: "Opowiesc Podrecznej"
Wielka Litera 8x5¼ pb [2017] for $14.09
Portuguese Brazilian Edition: "O Conto da Aia"
Rocco Literatura Brasileira 8¼x5½ pb [2017] for $27.54
Chinese Edition
Shanghai Translation Publng House pb [7/2020] for $17.62
Shang Hai Yi Wen Chu Ban She 8¼x5½ pb [12/2017] import/used
Dutch Edition: "Het Verhaal van De Dienstmaagd"
Prometheus 8½x5½ pb [9/2019] for $18.09
Prometheus 9½x6½ hardcover graphic novel [9/2019] for $18.55
Indonesian Edition: "Kisah Sang Handmaid"
Gramedia Pustaka Utama 8x5¼ pb [12/2018] for $17.20
Hebrew Edition: "Sipura Shel Shifha"
Arcobaleno Libros, Spain pb [2012] for $37.80
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"Cinefantastique Magazine" cover story [March 1990, Volume 20 #4] cover painting by Roger Stine Frederick S. Clarke magazine [3/90] for $2.99 |
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"Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale/Le Conte de la servante - The Power Game" [1998] Texts Collected by Jacques Leclaire & Jean-Michel Lacroix 11 essays; "The common thread of this book is to analyze power games, whether it is the political power of oppressors in totalitarian regimes, theocracies or dictatorships, or macho power in a world dominated by men and where the female body is also a power issue. . . The obligatory corollaries of the struggle for power are the struggle against violence and the fight for freedom." French-language Kindle Edition from Presses de La Sorbonne Nouvelle [2/2018] for $6.99 |
 | "Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)" [14 yrs & up; 2001] Edited & with an Introduction by literary critic Harold Bloom [1930-2019] Chelsea House Publns 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2001] out of print/used |
 | "Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (Bloom's Guides)" [2003] Edited & with an Introduction by literary critic Harold Bloom [1930-2019] Chelsea House Publns 8½x5¾ hardcover [9/2003] out of print/used |
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"Religious Fundamentalisms and The Systematic Oppression of Women: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale" [2008] by Molly Swets
Through her research the author approaches Atwood's novel as social prophesy and as an indictment of any group that uses religion as a tool to control and oppress women V.D.M. Verlag Germany 8¾x6 pb [8/2008] for $72.56 {sic} |
 | "Religious Fundamentalism In Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale" [2009] by Melanie Lemke 56-page seminar paper from the year 2008 GRIN Verlag Germany 8¼x5¾ pb [3/2009] for $22.90 |
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"Critical Insights: The Handmaid's Tale" [2009] Edited & with an Introduction by J. Brooks Bouson includes 17 critical essays, Chronology of Margaret Atwood's Life; Works by Margaret Atwood; Bibliography; About the Editor Kindle Edition from Salem Press [6/2012] - overpriced Salem Press 11¼x6½ hardcover [10/2009] - overpriced |
 | "Women's Issues in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale" [2011] by David E. Nelson Greenhaven Press 9x6 pb [10/2011] for $38.36 |
 | "On Dystopia and Fairy-Tales: Feminism In The World of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale" [2016] by Noelia Gutiérrez
24-page Kindle Edition from author [8/2016] for $1.99 |
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"Oxford Literature Companions: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood" [2018] by Annie Fox Oxford Univ Press 8½x6¾ pb [2018] for $19.97 |
 | "Reflections On The Handmaid's Tale" [2018] by Alba Pietrantuono, Illustrated by Daniele Abate Kindle Edition from indep [3/2018] for $5.99 75-page indep 9x6 pb [3/2018] for $11.99 |
 | "The Handmaid's Tale: A Feminist Dystopia" [2018] seminar paper by Sandra Schäder 20-page GRIN Verlag Germany 8½x5½ pb [9/2018] for $19.90 |
 | "The Handmaid's Tale and Philosophy: A Womb of One's Own" [2018] 21 essays edited by Rachel Robison-Greene Kindle Edition from Open Court [12/2018] for $9.99 Open Court 9x6 pb [12/2018] for $14.69 |
 | "The Handmaid's Tale: Teaching Dystopia, Feminism, and Resistance Across Disciplines and Borders" [2019] Edited by Karen A. Ritzenhoff & Janis Goldie
23 critical essays in 280 pages Kindle Edition from Lexington Books [6/2019] - overpriced Lexington Books 9x6¼ hardcover [6/2019] - overpriced |
 | "Religion In The Handmaid's Tale: A Brief Guide" [2019] by Colette Tennant Kindle Edition from Fortress Press [9/2019] for $10.49 Fortress Press 7x5 pb [9/2019] for $12.99 |
 | "Women On Top: A Parody of The Handmaid's Tale (The Dud Wimpole Saga Book 1)" [2021] by Daniel Silman & Sean Freeman Dud Wimpole's memories and his will to survive are acts of rebellion . . . Kindle Edition from Freedom Press [2/2021] for $2.99 indep 9x6 pb [2/2021] for $8.99 indep 11x8¼ hardcover [9/2021] for $16.23 |
 | "Adapting Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale and Beyond" [2021] Edited by Shannon Wells-Lassagne & Fiona McMahon Introduction & 15 essays in 280 pages Kindle Edition from Palgrave Macmillan [12/2021] for $34.99 {sic} PUB pb [12/2021] for $32.87 |
 | "Women On Top 2: The Testicles (The Dud Wimpole Saga Book 2)" parody sequel [2022] by Daniel Silman & Sean Freeman Kindle Edition from Freedom Press [10/2022] for 99¢ |
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2019 sequel novel "The Testaments" entry at Wikipedia
sequel "The Testaments" was published in 2019, was an instant international bestseller, and won the Booker Prize
The Author
Canadian author Margaret Atwood, OC [b. 1939]
Movies & Television, Stageplays, Other Media
"The Handmaid's Tale" feature film [Cinecom Pictures March 1990]
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Filmed in North Carolina, USA; in a future dystopia, most women have been rendered infertile due to pollution; under a brutal religious tyranny, young women who can conceive children live in a form of sexual slavery to provide children for influential families. The story tells of Kate, a criminal guilty of the crime of trying to escape and sentenced to become a 'handmaid'; after rigorous group training in the proper way to behave, Kate is assigned as Handmaid to the Commander, and renamed OfFred. At the same time, a resistance movement begins to challenge the regime . . . • Directed by Volker Schlöndorff; screenplay by Harold Pinter, based on Margaret Atwood's bestsell-ing novel; music by Ryuichi Sakamoto; starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall, Blanche Baker, Traci Lind, Zoey Wilson, Kathryn Doby, Reiner Schöne, Lucia Hartpeng, Karma Ibsen Riley, Lucile McIntyre, Gary Bullock, Allison Holmes, J. Michael Hunter, Robert D. Raiford, Mirjam Bohnet, Julian E. Bell, David Barnes, Jim Grimshaw, James A. Carleo III, Ivan H. Migel, Doris Boggs, Annemarie Fenske, Linda Pierce, Nina Lynn Blanton, Rhesa Reagan Stone, Sara Seidman Vance, Muse Watson, Janell McLeod, Elke Ritschel, Jane Learned, Randell Haynes, Rhonda Bond, Mil Nicholson, Robert Pentz, Tom McGovern, Danny Simpkins, James Martin Jr, Stefanie J. Chen, Ed Grady, Blair Nicole Struble, Bill Owen, David Dukes, Rob McGowan, Michael Tove • "... paranoid poppycock - just like the book." ~~~ Owen Gleiberman, writing for Entertainment Weekly
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia Shout! Factory widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [4/2017] 2 disks - out of prodn/used M.G.M. Avant Garde Video widescreen color DVD [12/2001] for $44.92 Fox Home Ent. color VHS [6/2001] for $29.85 watch fan-made trailer [5/2011 upload; 2:58] online at YouTube watch 2/2017 official DVD trailer [2:24] online at YouTube |
"The Handmaid's Tale" TV series [M.G.M. Television/Hulu, April 2017-present]
 | Mostly filmed in Canada, in Toronto and its suburbs, and in other Canadian towns & small cities; location filming in Washington, DC including inside the Lincoln Memorial; Season 1 is 10 episodes that streamed April 26-June 14, 2017; Season 2 is 13 episodes that streamed April 25-July 11, 2018; Season 3 is 13 episodes that streamed June 5-August 14, 2019; Season 4 is 10 episodes that streamed April 27-June 16, 2021; Season 5 is 10 episodes that begin streaming in September 2022
Co-produced by Warren Littlefield, Elisabeth Moss, Mike Barker, consulting producer Margaret Atwood, and many others; created for television by, co-produced & directed by Bruce Miller; directed by Mike Barker & Elisabeth Moss, many others; written by Bruce Miller, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Nina Fiore, John Herrera, Jacey Heldrich, Kira Snyder, Eric Tuchman, Dorothy Fortenberry, Yahlin Chang, several others; based on the novel by Margaret Atwood; music by Adam Taylor; starring Elisabeth Moss (56 episodes), Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Ann Dowd, Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, Max Minghella, O-T Fagbenle, Samira Wiley, Nina Kiri, Bahia Watson, Alexis Bledel, Bradley Whitford, Stephen Kunken, Ever Carradine, Sam Jaeger, Jenessa Grant, Cyndy Day, Kristen Gutoskie, Tattiawna Jones, Jordana Blake, Edie Inksetter, Angela Vint, Jonathan Watton, Julie Dretzin, Ashleigh LaThrop, Sydney Sweeney, Sugenja Sri, Krista Morin, Robert Curtis Brown, Marissa Kate Wilson, Paula Boudreau, Birgitte Solem, Mckenna Grace, Christopher Meloni, Erin Way, Clea DuVall, Tasha Attey, Danielle Height, Cherry Jones, Zawe Ashton, Kristian Bruun, Greg Bryk, Elizabeth Reaser, Jeananne Goossen, Rohan Mead, Charlie Zeltzer, Adrian Walters, Victoria Fodor, Chris Gillett, Genevieve Adam, Ordena Stephens, Brianne Tucker, Jamila Fleming, Masa Lizdek, Bill MacDonald, Marisa Tomei, Margaret Atwood {cameo}, Oprah Winfrey {voice of newsreader} • won 8 Emmy Awards plus 6 other nominations in 2017; won 3 Emmies plus 17 other noms in 2018; won 3 Emmies plus 8 other noms in 2019; won 1 Emmy plus 9 other noms in 2020; 21 Emmy Award nominations, no wins in 2021 • won A.F.I. TV Program of the Year Award in 2018; won Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award in 2019; won BAFTA Best International TV Award in 2018; won 3 Canadian Cinema Editors Awards; won D.G.A. Award in 2018; won 5 Directors Guild of Canada Awards; won 7 Gold Derby Awards; won Humanitas Prize in 2020; won 3 International Online Cinema Awards; won Irish Film & Television Awards in 2020; won 9 Online Film & Television Assn Awards; won P.G.A. Award in 2018; won 2 Satellite Awards in 2018; won U.S.C. Scripter Award in 2018; won 2 W.G.A. TV Awards in 2018 series credits at IMDb • Hulu's official movie site • series entry at Wikipedia |
"The Handmaid’s Tale: The Complete First, Second, and Third Seasons"
Warner Bros. widescreen color Blu-ray set [2020] ? disks for $49.99
Warner Bros. widescreen color DVD set [2020] ? disks for $54.10
 | Season 4 is 10 episodes that streamed April 27-June 16, 2021
Season 4 episode list at IMDb • Season 4 entry at Wikipedia Blu-ray not yet available (6/2022) Warner Bros. widescreen color DVD [4/2022] 3 disks for $14.99 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYLx5pXFgmI s4 2:20 |
Season 5 is 10 episodes that begin streaming in September 2022
Season 5 episode list at IMDb • no Season 5 entry yet at Wikipedia
 | "The Art and Making of The Handmaid's Tale" [2019] by Andrea Robinson, Foreword by producer Warren Littlefield book details the process of bringing the story to the small screen with forty-five exclusive cast & crew interviews, backstage and set photography, concept art, costume design, and more Insight Editions 11x9¼ hardcover [5/2019] for $15.98 |
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"The Binge Watcher’s Guide To The Handmaid's Tale: An Unofficial Companion" [2020] by Jamie K. Schmidt covers the first three seasons Kindle Edition from Riverdale Avenue Books [11/2020] for $9.99 Riverdale Avenue Books 9x6 pb [11/2020] for $16.99 Riverdale Avenue Books 9x6 hardcover [11/2020] for $29.99 |
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"The Handmaid's Tale Trivia Book: Seasons 1-3 - Over 1,000 Questions" [2020] by Lesa Butler Kindle Edition from indep [11/2020] for $7.75 indep 9¾x7½ pb [11/2020] for $7.75 |
 | "Conversations With The Handmaid's Tale (SAG-AFTRA Foundation fundraiser)" [2019] Moderated by Mara Webster, SAG-AFTRA Foundation Program Manager; featuring Elisabeth Moss, Amanda Brugel, Madeline Brewer, Bradley Whitford & Max Minghella series credits at IMDb • no episode credits at IMDb watch full 6/2019 event [44:18] online at YouTube |
Merchandise
 | poster for "The Handmaid's Tale" book cover [1990] Literary Gift Company A1 (23½"x33") poster from Amazon for $15.41 |
 | "Handmaid's Bonnet Cotton Cosplay Hat" [2017] 'for cosplay or protests' The Ann Arbor T-shirt Company 100% cotton hat [9/2017] for $34.95 |
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"Handmaid's Fertility Cloak & Bonnet" [2018]
Rasta Imposta red fertility cloak & bonnet [8/2018] for $34.45 |
 | "Handmaid's Tale Wives of Gilead" cloak [2021] available in 7 sizes for women ByHai blue polyester costume [8/2021] for $46.99 |
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