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The Old Wives’ Tale

Arnold Bennett

Novelsabout 24 h 45 min of listening

Two sisters growing up in an 1860s industrial town in Middle England find their lives taking very different, and dramatic, turns.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. Dedication
  3. Preface
  4. Book I: Mrs. Baines
  5. I: The Square
  6. II: The Tooth
  7. III: A Battle
  8. IV: Elephant
  9. V: The Traveller
  10. VI: Escapade
  11. VII: A Defeat
  12. Book II: Constance
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  1. I: Revolution
  2. II: Christmas and the Future
  3. III: Cyril
  4. IV: Crime
  5. V: Another Crime
  6. VI: The Widow
  7. VII: Bricks and Mortar
  8. VIII: The Proudest Mother
  9. Book III: Sophia
  10. I: The Elopement
  11. II: Supper
  12. III: An Ambition Satisfied
  13. IV: A Crisis for Gerald
  14. V: Fever
  15. VI: The Siege
  16. VII: Success
  17. Book IV: What Life Is
  18. I: Frensham’s
  19. II: The Meeting
  20. III: Towards Hotel Life
  21. IV: End of Sophia
  22. V: End of Constance
  23. Colophon
  24. Uncopyright

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