Old Wives' Tale

by Arnold Bennett

Published 1900 onward

34 chapters23h 18mEnglish1908

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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. It is generally regarded as one of Bennett's finest works. It covers a period of about 70 years from roughly 1840 to 1905, and is set in Burslem and Paris. (Summary by Andy)

Chapters (33)

1Bk 1 Mrs. Baines Ch 1 The Square

2977

2Bk 1 Ch 2 The Tooth

1519

3Bk1 Ch 3 A Battle Pt 1

2462

4Bk1 Ch 3 A Battle Pt 2

2320

5Bk 1 Ch 4 Elephant

2517

6Bk 1 Ch 5 The Traveller

2711

7Bk 1 Ch 6 Escapade

2569

8Bk 1 Ch 7 A Defeat

2040

9Bk 2 Constance Ch 1 Revolution

2675

10Bk2 Ch 2 Christmas and the Future

2371

11Bk 2 Ch 3 Cyril

2821

12Bk 2 Ch 4 Crime

2587

13Bk 2 Ch 5 Another Crime Pt 1

2189

14Bk 2 Ch 5 Another Crime Pt 2

2580

15Bk 2 Ch 6 The Widow

1691

16Bk 2 Ch 7 Bricks and Mortar

1924

17Bk 2 Ch 8 The Proudest Mother

1557

18Bk 3 Sophia Ch 1 The Elopement

1783

19Bk 3 Ch 2 Supper

2231

20Bk 3 Ch 3 An Ambition Satisfied

2687

21Bk 3 Ch 4 A Crisis for Gerald

2789

22Bk 3 Ch 5 Fever Pt 1

3450

23Bk 3 Ch 5 Fever Pt 2

1628

24Bk 3 Ch 6 The Siege

3821

25Bk 3 Ch 7 Success

2655

26BBk 4 What Life is Ch 1 Frensham's Pt 1

2032

27Bk 4 Ch 1 Frensham's Pt 2

2580

28Bk 4 Ch 2 The Meeting

3757

29Bk 4 Ch 3 Towards Hotel Life Pt 1

2927

30Bk 4 Ch 3 Towards Hotel Life Pt 2

2851

31Bk 4 Ch 4 End of Sophia Pt 1

2281

32Bk 4 Ch 4 End of Sophia Pt 2

2560

33Bk 4 Ch 5 End of Constance

3674

Old Wives' Tale

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