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The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908. It deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, following their stories from their youth, working in their mother's draper's shop, into old age.
- Arnold Bennett
- United Kingdom
- 1908
- 1908
The Old Wives’ Tale, novel by Arnold Bennett, published in 1908. This study of the changes wrought by time on the lives of two English sisters during the 19th century is a masterpiece of literary realism. Constance and Sophia Baines, the daughters of a shopkeeper, grow up in the rural town of.
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The Old Wives' Tale tells the story of two sisters, only one year apart, and their journey from lively young girls into unhappy old women. One sister, Sophia, runs away with a handsome man only to be trapped in a loveless marriage until her husband deserts her a few years later.
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1 de ene. de 2016 · A book to share Fiction. This article is more than 8 years old. The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett – an extraordinary story of ordinary life. A portrait of a young woman, whose destiny...
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Analysis. Summary. PDF Cite Share. The Old Wives’ Tale is generally considered to be Benett’s masterpiece. It captures both the provincial and cosmopolitan worlds that were the basis of...
In The Old Wives’ Tale, the central goal of the Baines sisters, who are teenagers when the novel opens, is to leave Bursley. Constance, however, does not leave; instead, she marries Samuel...
