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The Old Wives Tale

By Arnold Bennett

The Old Wives Tale Contemporary literature

The Old Wives Tale

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First published in 1908 The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters--shy retiring Constance and defiant romantic Sophia--over the course of nearly half a century. Bennett traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley England during the mid-Victorian era through their married lives to the modern industrial age when they are reunited as old women. The setting moves from the Five Towns of Staffordshire to exotic and cosmopolitan Paris while the action moves from the subdued domestic routine of the Baines household to the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
626
Release Date:
2007-05-31
Publication Date:
2007-05-31
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0141442115
ISBN13:
9780141442112
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
736 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
36 cm
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