"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood (Vintage Paperback) stationery A conqueror captivated…

A conqueror captivated…

and the texts of Victorian writings on sex in general and of Victorian pornography in particular

strong mother-daughter relationship

sapphic longing

rejected as a bastard by his father

"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood (Vintage Paperback) stationery A conqueror captivated…In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred