The Old Wives' Tale
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780192829665
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The Old Wives' Tale (1908) celebrates the romance of even the most ordinary lives as it tells the story of the two Baines sisters, placid stay-at-home Constance and rebellious Sophia, from their girlhood to their last days. They move from the family drapery shop in provincial Bursley during the repressive mid-Victorian period to old age in the modern era of mass marketing and the internal combustion engine. The setting ranges from the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Bursley to a Paris brothel, the action from the controlled domestic routine of the Baines household to wife murder and the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1.
This edition of The Old Wives' Tale gives fascinating critical insights into Bennett's most wide-ranging novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece.
This edition of The Old Wives' Tale gives fascinating critical insights into Bennett's most wide-ranging novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece.
| ISBN-13 | 9780192829665 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0192829661 |
| Weight | 0.75 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 4.50 x 1.00 x 7.50 In |
| List Price | $10.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 674 pages |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Published On | 1995-06-01 |
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