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 …
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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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The Old Wives' Tale
Hardcover, 554 pages
Published Nov. 6, 1948 by Hodder & Stoughton.
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- 978-0-340-01479-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 655385359
The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)
Paperback, 624 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 1991 by Penguin Classics.
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- 978-0-14-018255-2Copied ISBN!
The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)
Paperback, 624 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 1991 by Penguin Classics.
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The Old Wives' Tale
Paperback, 432 pages
English language
Published Oct. 31, 2005 by Echo Library.
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- 978-1-84637-664-1Copied ISBN!
The Old Wives Tale
Paperback, 788 pages
English language
Published July 20, 2007 by Book Jungle.
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- 978-1-59462-960-0Copied ISBN!
Old Wives Tale (Wordsworth Collection)
Paperback, 576 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1998 by NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-85326-272-2Copied ISBN!
The old Wives' Tale
Hardcover, 584 pages
Published Nov. 3, 2015 by Arkose Press.
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- 978-1-345-88183-7Copied ISBN!
The old Wives' Tale
Paperback, 580 pages
Published Oct. 12, 2018 by Franklin Classics.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-342-69664-2Copied ISBN!
The old Wives' Tale, a Novel of Life
Hardcover, 596 pages
Published Oct. 31, 2015 by Arkose Press.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-345-72927-6Copied ISBN!
The Old Wives Tale
eBook
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2004 by NuVision Publications.
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- 978-1-59547-425-4Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 62675288
The Old Wives' Tale
Paperback, 408 pages
Published Nov. 2, 2016 by Aziloth Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-911405-14-6Copied ISBN!
The Old Wives' Tale
Paperback, 752 pages
Published Oct. 1, 2016 by Random House UK.
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- 978-0-09-959535-9Copied ISBN!
The Old Wives' Tale (English Library)
624 pages
English language
Published July 28, 1983 by Penguin Classics.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-043163-6Copied ISBN!
Old Wives' Tale
498 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2009 by House of Stratus, Incorporated.
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- 978-0-7551-1597-6Copied ISBN!
The old wives' tale.
640 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 1975 by Books for Libraries Press.
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- 978-0-518-19142-1Copied ISBN!
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