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The handmaid's tale

Atwood, Margaret 1939- (Author). Austin, Mauralea. (Added Author).

Summary: Futuristic novel set in a society that has reverted to the repressive intolerance of the original puritans. Offred, the handmaid whose job is to function as surrogate mother to the sterile marriage of an elderly leader, longs to escape.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 computer optical disc (10 hr., 25 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
    sound disc
    Computer data.
    electronic resource
    electronic
  • Publisher: [Toronto] : CNIB, [2001]

Content descriptions

General Note:
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Participant or Performer Note: Narrator, Mauralea Austin.
System Details Note:
Recording standard: DAISY 2.0 standard.
MP2 compression.
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software, or DAISY talking book player.
Subject: Offred (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Futurism -- Fiction
Infertility -- Fiction
Repression (Psychology) -- Fiction
Sexism -- Fiction
Theocracy -- Fiction
North America -- Fiction
Genre: Dystopian fiction.
Feminist fiction.
Satirical fiction.
Canadian fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sitka.

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  • 0 current holds with 0 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Broadway Library PS 8501 T9 H352 2001b (Text) 33109009021841 Alternate Format Volume hold Available -

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1001 . ‡aAtwood, Margaret, ‡d1939-
24514. ‡aThe handmaid's tale ‡h[electronic resource] / ‡cMargaret Atwood.
256 . ‡aComputer data.
260 . ‡a[Toronto] : ‡bCNIB, ‡c[2001]
300 . ‡a1 computer optical disc (10 hr., 25 min.) : ‡bdigital ; ‡c4 3/4 in.
500 . ‡aSearch and access by headings.
5110 . ‡aNarrator, Mauralea Austin.
5200 . ‡aFuturistic novel set in a society that has reverted to the repressive intolerance of the original puritans. Offred, the handmaid whose job is to function as surrogate mother to the sterile marriage of an elderly leader, longs to escape.
538 . ‡aRecording standard: DAISY 2.0 standard.
538 . ‡aMP2 compression.
538 . ‡aSystem requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software, or DAISY talking book player.
590 . ‡aVCC library has two copies, one treated as Alternate format and the other one treated as Audiobook. ‡5BVAVCC.
650 0. ‡aOffred (Fictitious character) ‡vFiction.
650 4. ‡aFuturism ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aInfertility ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aRepression (Psychology) ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aSexism ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aTheocracy ‡vFiction.
651 0. ‡aNorth America ‡vFiction.
655 7. ‡aDystopian fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 0. ‡aFeminist fiction.
655 7. ‡aSatirical fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 4. ‡aCanadian fiction.
7001 . ‡aAustin, Mauralea.
994 . ‡a1
995 . ‡a3
996 . ‡a1346614
901 . ‡a128143449 ‡bAUTOGEN ‡c128143449 ‡tbiblio

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