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.
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January 30, 1988, Audio Book Contractors
The Old Wives' Tale
Audio Cassette
in English
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Unabridged edition
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December 18, 2007, Penguin Classics
The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)
Paperback
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Reprint edition
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1941, Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press
The old wives' tale
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1911, Hodder & Stoughton, G.H. Doran Company
The old wives' tale.
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A new ed., with preface, by Arnold Bennett ...
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1941, Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press
The old wives' tale.
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History Created October 17, 2009 · 13 revisions
| March 5, 2012 | Edited by Earl Tate | Added new cover |
| November 4, 2011 | Edited by EdwardBot | remove 'in fiction' subjects |
| February 24, 2011 | Edited by George | Added new cover |
| January 22, 2011 | Edited by ImportBot | add subjects from new record |
| October 17, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |