From the author of the New York Times bestselling novels The Handmaid’s Tale—now an Emmy Award-winning Hulu original series—and Alias Grace, now a Netflix original series. Joan Foster is the bored wife of a myopic ban-the-bomber. She takes off overnight as Canada's new superpoet, pens lurid gothics on the sly, attracts a blackmailing reporter, skids cheerfully in and out of menacing plots, hair-raising traps, and passionate trysts, and lands dead and well in Terremoto, Italy. In this remarkable, poetic, and magical novel, Margaret Atwood proves yet again why she is considered to be one of the most important and accomplished writers of our time.

Excerpt from The Young Lady's Oracle: A Fireside Amusement The mode of consulting the Oracle is extremely simple. The Card, which will be found at the end of the volume, having been cut into separate pieces, each containing a single number (nos. 3 to the pieces are to be deposited in a reti cule or other convenient receptacle, so that the drawer may choose at random without being able to see the number chosen. The person who wishes to consult the Oracle having selected the question? (pp. Vii - xii) to which she wishes a reply, then withdraws one of the cards from the reticule, which gives the answer to her ques tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Shall I soon be courted? Am I still thought a child? Shall I cease to be a virgin before I marry? Which self-respecting young lady hasn't at one time or another fretted over these most perplexing of questions? One has only to put to The Ladies' Oracle these (and a multitude of other) quandaries, and the book will lay forth its wisdom. With his collected knowledge of advanced mathematics and the feminine kind, Cornelius Agrippa has endeavoured to create a veritable bible for every aspiring lady. This charming compendium of solutions is an absolute necessity for anyone seeking guidance in an increasingly confusing world.