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The Old Wives' Tale

by Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)

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  • 14 hours to read
  • 103 chapters
  • Reading level: 7th grade

"The Old Wives' Tale" by Arnold Bennett is a novel published in 1908. It follows two sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, from their youth working in their mother's draper's shop through old age. Spanning roughly sixty-five years across Bursley and Paris, their vastly different lives unfold—one sister elopes against her family's wishes while the other remains home. Through personal triumphs and tragedies, including the Siege of Paris and family scandal, the sisters' divergent paths ultimately lead them back to where they began.

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  • Sisters
  • Domestic fiction
  • Women · England

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Book II

MRS. BAINES

I. THE SQUARE

II. THE TOOTH

III. A BATTLE

IV. ELEPHANT

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Contents

Show all 103 chapters
  1. Front Matter
  2. Book II
  3. Book II
  4. Chapter II
  5. Chapter III
  6. Chapter I
  7. Chapter II
  8. Chapter III
  9. Chapter I
  10. Chapter II
  11. Chapter III
  12. Chapter IV
  13. Chapter V
  14. Chapter I
  15. Chapter II
  16. Chapter III
  17. Chapter IV
  18. Chapter I: 'Equisite, 1s. 11d.'
  19. Chapter II
  20. Chapter III
  21. Chapter IV
  22. Chapter I
  23. Chapter II
  24. Chapter III
  25. Chapter IV
  26. Chapter I
  27. Chapter II
  28. Chapter III
  29. Chapter I
  30. Chapter II
  31. Chapter III
  32. Chapter IV
  33. Chapter I
  34. Chapter II
  35. Chapter III
  36. Chapter IV
  37. Chapter I
  38. Chapter II
  39. Chapter I
  40. Chapter II
  41. Chapter III
  42. Chapter I
  43. Chapter II
  44. Chapter III
  45. Chapter IV
  46. Chapter VI
  47. Chapter I
  48. Chapter II
  49. Chapter III
  50. Chapter I
  51. Chapter II
  52. Chapter III
  53. Chapter I
  54. Chapter II
  55. Chapter III
  56. Book III
  57. Chapter I
  58. Chapter II
  59. Chapter I
  60. Chapter II
  61. Chapter I
  62. Chapter II
  63. Chapter III
  64. Chapter IV
  65. Chapter I
  66. Chapter II
  67. Chapter III
  68. Chapter IV
  69. Chapter V
  70. Chapter I
  71. Chapter II
  72. Chapter III
  73. Chapter IV
  74. Chapter V
  75. Chapter I
  76. Chapter II
  77. Chapter III
  78. Chapter IV
  79. Chapter V
  80. Chapter I
  81. Chapter II
  82. Chapter III
  83. Book IV
  84. Chapter I
  85. Chapter II
  86. Chapter III
  87. Chapter IV
  88. Chapter V: "My darling Sophia — "
  89. Chapter I
  90. Chapter II
  91. Chapter III
  92. Chapter I
  93. Chapter II
  94. Chapter III
  95. Chapter IV
  96. Chapter V
  97. Chapter VI
  98. Chapter I
  99. Chapter II
  100. Chapter III
  101. Chapter IV
  102. Chapter I
  103. Chapter II
  104. Chapter III
  105. Chapter IV
  106. Chapter V

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This free edition of The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #5247, released 2004-03-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Novels, British Literature.

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