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The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

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Author Biography

Name: Margaret Eleanor Atwood
Birth Date: 1939
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Female
Occupations: author, novelist, poet, cultural activist

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Biography of Margaret (Eleanor) Atwood
9683 words, approx. 32.3 pages
One of Canada's most public literary personalities, Margaret Atwood has made her reputation as much as by being versatile as by being controversial. As a poet she has to date produced ten volumes of verse, and since her early university days, she has pub...
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Biography of Margaret Atwood
6447 words, approx. 21.5 pages
The author of over sixty books, Margaret Atwood holds a unique position in contemporary Canadian literature. "Atwood is arguably the most recognizable writer in the country," noted John Bemrose in Maclean's. Likewise, Ann Marie Lipinski, writing in the C...
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Biography of Margaret (Eleanor) Atwood
5060 words, approx. 16.9 pages
Margaret Atwood is arguably the most prominent contemporary Canadian writer. Best known for her novels, Atwood is also admired for her accomplishments as a poet, critic, essayist, and short-story writer, and she has contributed as well to children's fict...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Robber Bride Information
1,049 words, approx. 4 pages
The Robber Bride is a Margaret Atwood novel first published by McClelland and Stewart in 1993. Set in present-day Toronto, Ontario, the novel begins with three women (Roz, Charis, and Tony) who meet once a month in a restaurant to share a...


News and Journals
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National Review
The Robber Bride.
02/07/1994: 968 words, approx. 3 pages
The Robber Bride, by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday, 466 pp., $22.50) SHE'S big, she's bad, and she's beautiful--she's every woman's nightmare. Meet Zenia, of the big hair, the Barbie-doll waist, the surgically enhanced curves--the dark star of Margaret Atwood's latest literary blockbuster. Set in...
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The Nation
The Robber Bride. (book reviews)
12/13/1993: 2,463 words, approx. 8 pages
When the Gulf War broke out in the winter of 1991, I was teaching Michael Herr's Dispatches to a class of Canadian college students. The group's interest in this American account of the Vietnam War was instantly intensified and strangely personalized; as one student...
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AP News
Primetime Emmy nods in major categories
7/19/2007: 524 words, approx. 2 pages
Nominees in major categories for the 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:Drama Series: "Boston Legal," ABC; "Grey's Anatomy," ABC; "Heroes," NBC; "House," Fox; "The Sopranos," HBO.Comedy Series: "Entourage," HBO; "The Office," NBC; "30 Rock, NBC; "Two...
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AP News
List of Primetime Emmy Nominations
7/19/2007: 3,389 words, approx. 11 pages
Nominees in all categories for the 59th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:1. Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour): "Avatar: The Last Airbender: City of Walls and Secrets," Nickelodeon; "Robot Chicken: Lust for Puppets," Cartoon...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Interview by Margaret Atwood with Lauri Miller
3,134 words, approx. 10 pages
In the following excerpt, Atwood discusses her writing process and the role of the literary villainess in reference to her book The Robber Bride.
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Critical Review by Laura Shapiro
368 words, approx. 1 pages
In the following review, Shapiro praises Atwood's novel The Robber Bride.


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The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

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