An edition of The old wives' tale
(1900)
The old wives' tale.
A new ed., with preface, by Arnold Bennett ...
by Arnold Bennett and Intro. & Notes John Wain Arnold Bennett
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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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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 speakersPlaces
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The Old Wives' Tale: With preface by the author
Nov 02, 2016, Aziloth Books
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Old Wives' Tale
2009, House of Stratus, Incorporated, House of Stratus
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The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)
December 18, 2007, Penguin Classics
Paperback
in English
- Reprint edition
0141442115 9780141442112
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The Old Wives' Tale (Dodo Press)
July 13, 2007, Dodo Press
Paperback
in English
1406547972 9781406547979
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The Old Wives' Tale
July 25, 2007, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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in English
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The Old Wives\' Tale: Books 1 and 2
November 20, 2000, Adamant Media Corporation
Paperback
in English
0543856941 9780543856944
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The Old Wives' Tale: A Noval (Collected Works of Arnold Bennett)
May 2000, Classic Books
Library Binding
0742625591 9780742625594
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Old Wives Tale (Wordsworth Collection)
January 1998, NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Paperback
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The Old Wives' Tale, Parts 1 & 2
January 1991, Audio Book Contractors
Audio Cassette
- Audio Cassette edition
9992175486 9789992175484
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The Old Wives' Tale: Part 1 (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection)
January 1991, Audio Book Contractors
Audio Cassette
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: Part 2 (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection)
January 1991, Audio Book Contractors
Audio Cassette
in English
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The Old Wives' Tale: Parts 1 & 2 (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection)
January 30, 1988, Audio Book Contractors
Audio Cassette
in English
- Unabridged edition
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The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)
1986, Penguin Books
Paperback
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The Old Wives' Tales
May 1983, J M Dent & Sons Ltd, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Paperback
in English
0460019198 9780460019194
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The Old Wives' Tale (English Library)
July 28, 1983, Penguin Classics
in English
0140431632 9780140431636
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The old wives' tale
1941, Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the University Press
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The old wives' tale.
1911, Hodder & Stoughton, G.H. Doran Company
in English
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