Reading in Gilead | Front Row Late
Margaret Atwood ponders on the powerful tool that is reading and books, in relation to breaking the power of totalitarianism.
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- Clip length: 1'26''
- Broadcast year: 2019
Curriculum Connection
- English Literature | 20th-century texts | The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood | Setting
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- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: Front Row Late
- Series: 5
- Episode: When Mary Beard Met Margaret Atwood
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