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The old wives' tale

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An edition of The old wives' tale (1900)

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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Jonathan Cape
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Social life and customs, Older women, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Fiction, Literature, Sisters, Classic Literature, Women, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Realism and naturalism, Satire, Brothers and sisters, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, family life, general, Sisters, fiction, England, fiction, Fiction, general, Great britain, social life and customs, fiction, Fiction, family life, Manners and customs, English language, study and teaching, foreign speakers

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England, Great Britain

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19th century

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Cover of: The old wives' tale
The old wives' tale
1999, Modern Library
in English - 1st ed.
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The old wives' tale: a novel
1995, McLeod & Allen
Microform in English
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The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)
January 2, 1991, Penguin Classics
Paperback in English
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The old wives' tale
1950, Harper
in English
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The old wives' tale
1934, Johnathan Cape
in English
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The old wives' tale
1931, Jonathan Cape
in English
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The old wives' tale.
1917, T. Nelson
in English
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The old wives' tale.
1917, T. Nelson
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The old wives' tale
1911, Modern Library
in English
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The old wives' tale
1911, Doubleday
in English

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The travellers' library

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Library of Congress
PZ3.B438 O13

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Pagination
2 volumes

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Open Library
OL32149343M
Internet Archive
trent_0116403022738_1
OCLC/WorldCat
11081544
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B01N24EJYT
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BWBM59168251

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