The old wives' tale / Arnold Bennett ; introduction and notes by John Wain.
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TextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: London : Penguin, 2007.Description: 617 p. ; 20 cmISBN: - 0141442115 (pbk.)
- 9780141442112 (pbk.)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Originally published: 1983.
Includes bibliographical references.
A 1908 novel that presents a portrait of English provincial life through the story of two sisters, Constance, who marries her father's chief assistant and remains at home her entire life, and Sophia, who elopes to Paris with an irresistible, unscrupulous traveler.