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.

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