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The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller, to whom the book is dedicated.

Margaret Atwood

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Margaret Atwood
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
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