The Old Wives' Tale
  • Published:
    Jun-1978
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    364
  • Age Level:
    18 & up
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First published in 1908, The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters--shy, retiring Constance and defiant, romantic Sophia--over the course of nearly half a century. Bennett traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. The setting moves from the Five Towns of Staffordshire to exotic and cosmopolitan Paris, while the action moves from the subdued domestic routine of the Baines household to the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
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    • Feb-1980
    • Academy Chicago Publishers, Ltd.
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0915864770
    • ISBN13: 9780915864775
    •  
    • Aug-1983
    • Penguin
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 0140431632
    • ISBN13: 9780140431636
    •  
    • Apr-1988
    • Penguin (UK)
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0140111530
    • ISBN13: 9780140111538
    •  
    • Jan-1991
    • Penguin
    • Mass Market Paperback
    • ISBN: 0140182551
    • ISBN13: 9780140182552
    •  
    • Jun-1995
    • Oxford University Press (UK)
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0192829661
    • ISBN13: 9780192829665
    •  
    • Dec-1999
    • Modern Library
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0375754903
    • ISBN13: 9780375754906
    •  
    • Jan-1908
    • Classic Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0742625591
    • ISBN13: 9780742625594
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Jan-1975
    • Books for Libraries
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0518191427
    • ISBN13: 9780518191421
    •  
    • Jun-1978
    • Random House
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 039460184X
    • ISBN13: 9780394601847
    •  
    • Jun-2003
    • IndyPublish.com
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1404384189
    • ISBN13: 9781404384187
    •  
    • Apr-2014
    • Listening Library
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1494198495
    • ISBN13: 9781494198497
    •  
    • Mar-2000
    • Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0897338731
    • ISBN13: 9780897338738
    •  
    • Nov-2000
    • Random House
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0679641173
    • ISBN13: 9780679641179
    •  
    • Jun-2007
    • Penguin UK
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0141905433
    • ISBN13: 9780141905433
    •  
    • Jan-2009
    • B&R Samizdat Express
    • eBook
    •  
    • Apr-2009
    • Floating Press
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1775414523
    • ISBN13: 9781775414520
    •  
    • Jul-2009
    • ReadHowYouWant
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1442945001
    • ISBN13: 9781442945005
    •  
    • Feb-1988
    • Audio Book Contractors
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 1556858299
    • ISBN13: 9781556858291
    •  
    • Jan-1991
    • Audio Book Contractors
    • Audio Cassette
    • ISBN: 1556858280
    • ISBN13: 9781556858284
    •  
    • Mar-2011
    • The Copyright Group
    • Audible
    •  
    • Sep-2014
    • Classic Collection
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1491573295
    • ISBN13: 9781491573297
    •  
    • Sep-2014
    • Brilliance Audio
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1491571160
    • ISBN13: 9781491571163
    •  
    • May-2015
    • Classic Collection
    • MP3 CD
    • ISBN: 1501229281
    • ISBN13: 9781501229282



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