Margaret Atwood on the dystopian novels that inspired her to write ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Margaret Atwood shared some of the other influential dystopian fiction that helped lay the groundwork for “The Handmaid’s Tale," with the author nodding to the work of George Orwell, H.G. Wells, Ursula K. Le Guin, among others.
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In dystopian ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ a warning for a new generation not to take rights for granted
America's democracy and Constitution have been replaced by a theocratic autocracy where women have lost their rights and many of them have become property, valued and controlled for the ability to bear children for wealthy families. That’s the story of…
How Margaret Atwood dreamed up the costumes in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Atwood's particular shade of blood red is being brought to life through a TV adaptation of the fiction novel premiering this week on Hulu.
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