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The Old Wives' Tale

Arnold Bennett · 1908

Original text in English.

Two sisters born in the same provincial shop, one who stayed and one who left, followed into old age.

Novel · 29 parts · about 216 000 words · about 15 h 41 of reading

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Contents

  1. Ouverture1 min
  2. PREFACE TO THIS EDITION8 min

BOOK I — MRS. BAINES

  1. ITHE SQUARE33 min
  2. IITHE TOOTH17 min
  3. IIIA BATTLE52 min
  4. IVELEPHANT29 min
  5. VTHE TRAVELLER30 min
  6. VIESCAPADE29 min
  7. VIIA DEFEAT22 min

BOOK II — CONSTANCE

  1. IREVOLUTION29 min
  2. IICHRISTMAS AND THE FUTURE26 min
  3. IIICYRIL32 min
  4. IVCRIME29 min
  5. VANOTHER CRIME54 min
  6. VITHE WIDOW19 min
  7. VIIBRICKS AND MORTAR21 min
  8. VIIITHE PROUDEST MOTHER18 min

BOOK III — SOPHIA

  1. ITHE ELOPEMENT20 min
  2. IISUPPER25 min
  3. IIIAN AMBITION SATISFIED31 min
  4. IVA CRISIS FOR GERALD32 min
  5. VFEVER57 min
  6. VITHE SIEGE44 min
  7. VIISUCCESS31 min

BOOK IV — WHAT LIFE IS

  1. IFRENSHAM’S52 min
  2. IITHE MEETING41 min
  3. IIITOWARDS HOTEL LIFE1 h 05
  4. IVEND OF SOPHIA54 min
  5. VEND OF CONSTANCE42 min

About this text

Arnold Bennett († 1931): public-domain work. The text is that of the Project Gutenberg e-book (no. 5247). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

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