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The Handmaid's Tale. For the film adaptation, see The Handmaid's Tale (film). For the operatic adaptation, see The Handmaid's Tale (opera). For the television series, see The Handmaid's Tale (TV series). The dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (1985) is a work of speculative fiction by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.