The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus

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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus

novel by Atwood

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In Margaret Atwood: Novels
Atwood’s 2005 novel, The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus, was inspired by Homer’s epic The Odyssey, this time told from the perspective of Odysseus’s wife, the faithful Penelope, and Penelope’s maids.
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