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'''''The Handmaid's Tale''''' is a dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood set in the near future in which an authoritarian theocratic government, oppressing women under a Biblical fundamentalist ideology, has achieved ascendancy over the [[United States of America]].  It was made into a movie in 1990.
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'''''The Handmaid's Tale''''' is a [[dystopia]]n novel by Margaret Atwood set in the near future in which an authoritarian theocratic government, oppressing women under a Biblical fundamentalist ideology, has achieved ascendancy over the [[United States of America]].  It was made into a movie in 1990.  The title is a clear reference to the ''Handmaid's Tale'' in Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales''.
 
[[category:Novels|Handmaid's Tale]]
 
[[category:Novels|Handmaid's Tale]]
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