The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett
"The Old Wives' Tale" by Arnold Bennett is a novel published in 1908. It follows two sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, from their youth working in their mother's draper's shop through old age. Spanning roughly sixty-five years across Bursley and Paris, their vastly different lives unfold—one sister elopes against her family's wishes while the other remains home. Through personal triumphs and tragedies, including the Siege of Paris and family scandal, the sisters'
divergent paths ultimately lead them back to where they began. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Old Wives' Tale |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Wives%27_Tale |
| Credits |
Etext produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Sisters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Women -- England -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 5247 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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