Writers Who Read #24
4 October 2020
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood
Author/Publisher Intent
Stylistic Choices
Structure, Pacing
Climax - what changed?
Scene sleuthing
The Testaments - Margaret Atwood
- Marketing: Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction, Literary Criticism & Theory, Dystopian Science Fiction, Political Fiction, Dystopian Fiction
- Genre: Realistic Future Arch-Plot Long-Form
- Word count: 109,131
- Print Pages: 381
- Reading Level: 7th grade
- POV: Aunt Lydia, 369A, 369B, Symposium secretary
- Publish date: September 10, 2019
- Publisher: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday
- Sold By: Penguin / Random House
- Audio book actors: Ann Dowd (Aunt Lydia on TV), Bryce Dallas Howard (Witness 369A), Mae Whitman (Witness 369B), Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, Margaret Atwood
- Prizes: 2019 Booker Prize
- The Handmaid's Tale showrunner Bruce Miller
Composite Sentiment Analysis / Plotpoints / POV / Grammar
Sentiment Analysis - 3 POVs Extracted
Around the Table
Please use passages from the book
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