Book Summary: The Handmaid's Tale, an acclaimed dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, was published in 1985. The book, set in New England in the near future, posits a Christian fundamentalist theocratic regime in the former United States that arose as a response to a fertility crisis. The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was the United States. Gilead is ruled by nota fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting birth rate. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Chapter 1 00:04:05 - Chapter 2 00:18:05 - Chapter 3 00:31:15 - Chapter 4 00:46:45 - Chapter 5 01:05:25 - Chapter 6 01:16:15 - Chapter 7 01:24:45 - Chapter 8 01:43:25 - Chapter 9 01:53:20 - Chapter 10 02:04:30 - Chapter 11 02:12:50 - Chapter 12 02:25:50 - Chapter 13 02:45:05 - Chapter 14 03:05:10 - Chapter 15 03:22:25 - Chapter 16 03:
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