Margaret Atwood's first handwritten draft of The Handmaid's Tale
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Title
Margaret Atwood's first handwritten draft of The Handmaid's Tale
Subject
Authors, Canadian; Archival materials; Libraries--Special collection--Manuscripts; Manuscripts, Canadian
Description
An image of Atwood's first handwritten draft of her 1985 novel, The Handmaid's Tale. The image of these archival materials showcases both lined paper and yellow legal notepad paper upon which the novel was drafted. These materials are housed in the University of Toronto's Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
Creator
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-author
Source
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Publisher
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto
Date
DatePublished: 2017-09-17
Rights
Margaret Atwood; Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Format
JPG; 27.9 KB; 400 x 267
Language
Eng
Type
Text; Manuscripts
Citation
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-author
, “Margaret Atwood's first handwritten draft of The Handmaid's Tale,” Omeka, accessed February 5, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/496.
