Regarded as one of Arnold Bennett's finest works, The Old Wives' Tale was first published in 1908. It tells the story of sisters Constance and Sophia Baines, both very different from one another, and follows their lives from youth into old age....
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Regarded as one of Arnold Bennett's finest works, The Old Wives' Tale was first published in 1908. It tells the story of sisters Constance and Sophia Baines, both very different from one another, and follows their lives from youth into old age. Bennett's inspiration was an encounter in a Parisian restaurant: "an old woman came into the restaurant to dine. She was fat, shapeless, ugly, and grotesque. She had a ridiculous voice, and ridiculous gestures
Title; Contents; Preface; BOOK I MRS. BAINES; Chapter I The Square; Chapter II The Tooth; Chapter III A Battle; Chapter IV Elephant; Chapter V The Traveller; Chapter VI Escapade; Chapter VII A Defeat; BOOK II CONSTANCE; Chapter I Revolution; Chapter II Christmas and the Future; Chapter III Cyril; Chapter IV Crime; Chapter V Another Crime; Chapter VI The Widow; Chapter VII Bricks and Mortar; Chapter VIII The Proudest Mother; BOOK III SOPHIA; Chapter I The Elopement; Chapter II Supper; Chapter III An Ambition Satisfied; Chapter IV A Crisis for Gerald; Chapter V Fever; Chapter VI The Siege
Chapter VII SuccessBOOK IV WHAT LIFE IS; Chapter I Frensham's; Chapter II The Meeting; Chapter III Towards Hotel Life; Chapter IV End of Sophia; Chapter V End of Constance;
