The Old Wives' Tale

This article is about the novel. For the play, see The Old Wives' Tale (play). For the film, see The Old Wives' Tale (film).

The Old Wives' Tale
AuthorArnold Bennett
LanguageEnglish
PublisherChapman and Hall
Publication date
January 1908
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover)

The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in January 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 covers a period of approximately 65 years roughly from 1840 to 1905, and is set in Bursley (modeled on Burslem) and Paris. It is generally regarded as one of Bennett's finest works.

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