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  • Published: 3 July 2014
  • ISBN: 9781448192540
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 752
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The Old Wives' Tale





A long-neglected twentieth century masterpiece about the lives of two sisters, spanning seventy years of the nineteenth century from Northern England to Paris

'There are few more moving accounts of the effects of time, the passage of history and the slow encroachment of age than this remarkable, epic novel' Guardian
Discover this powerful novel about the ordinary lives of the Baines sisters. The perfect next step for fans of Little Women.

In The Old Wives' Tale, Arnold Bennett tells the story of two such old wives, sisters Constance and Sophia, from youth, through marriage, heartbreak, triumphs and disasters, to old age. In doing so, he reveals with careful compassion the intense inner lives that throb beneath every seemingly insignificant exterior.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SATHNAM SANGHERA

  • Published: 3 July 2014
  • ISBN: 9781448192540
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 752
Categories:

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