The Handmaid's Tale

《使女的故事》

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.

《使女的故事》是加拿大作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德的一部反乌托邦小说Y+og]nRD(xzb,ebg。

It was first published in 1985.

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The story is set in a fictional country called Gilead, which was once the United States.

故事发生在美国的一个城市，这个城市现在叫做吉利德共和国4t4CF3QRiPU9sEON。

Gilead is run by a religious government that forces fertile women, known as Handmaids, to have children for powerful men.

吉利德是由一个宗教政府管理的国家，政府强迫有生育能力的妇女，即所谓的使女，为有权势的男人生育孩子^%!a*G5PfmNY!j@bn。

The protagonist, Offred, is one of these women.

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The Handmaid's Tale got a TV adaptation in 2017, the same year that sales of the book rose by 200 percent.

2017年，《使女的故事》被改编成电视剧，同年，该书的销量增长了200%7n]gaykZNGt。

It has become an important symbol in reproductive rights movements, especially in North America.

它已经成为生殖权利运动的重要象征，特别是在北美oMbz)v7fnvW%u。

In 2019, Atwood published a sequel called The Testaments.

2019年，阿特伍德出版了一本名为《遗嘱》的续作T*Nc,Tz[[Kobq。