Series two of the award-winning show has now moved beyond the original novel.
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In the much awaited second season of the TV series, Offred is more openly defiant than she was in Margaret Atwood’s novel. Still, the first two episodes remain true to the themes of Atwood’s book.
The Canadian author made the mistake of questioning the #MeToo campaign and was savaged on social media.
True crime drama focuses on the inequality and degradation of working-class women in service in the 19th century.
Even now, 350 years after his birth, the great Irish satirist Jonathan Swift remains as sharp and relevant as ever.
The release of TV program The Handmaid’s Tale and a study on male sperm numbers have left some worried about the future of human fertility.
Troupes of women in flowing red capes are turning up all over the US to remind us that reproductive rights are under threat.
With a new TV series based on the novel - and its bleak vision of women’s rights - The Handmaid’s Tale is riding a new wave of popularity.
Every crystal ball has a shelf life, even the most prescient.
Bob Dylan is now a literary celebrity. And next week, the Booker Prize judges will anoint another. The tag is still chiefly attached to men but women authors shouldn’t despair: fame and good writing can be uneasy bedfellows.
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