# The Old Wives' Tale

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- Authors: [Arnold Bennett](https://www.bookquiver.com/arnold-bennett)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2007-05-31
- Genres: Classic fiction: literary and general

## Description

‘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

## Editions

### The Old Wives' Tale

- Publisher: Double 9 Books LLP
- ISBN: 978-93-5727-514-9
- Pages: 555
- Published: 2023-01-01
- Language: en_US

### The Old Wives' Tale

- Publisher: Vintage Classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9959-535-9
- Pages: 752
- Published: 2014-08-07
- Language: en_GB

### The Old Wives' Tale

- Publisher: Vintage Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4819-254-0
- Published: 2014-07-03
- Language: en_GB

### The Old Wives' Tale

- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4144-211-2
- Pages: 624
- Published: 2007-05-31
- Language: en_GB

### The Old Wives' Tale

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-543-3
- Published: 2007-05-31
- Language: en_GB

### The Old Wives' Tale

- Publisher: Modern Library
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-06-7964-117-9
- Published: 2000-11-01
- Language: en_US