The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood

216 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical challenging reflective fast-paced
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In Homer’s account in The Odyssey, Penelope—wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy—is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Left alone for twenty years when Odysseus goes o...

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