The Old Wives' Tale: Volumes I & II

BENNETT, Arnold

Published by University Press, 1941

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BENNETT, Arnold Vol I [347] pp. Vol II Pages: 348-729 University Press In tape-reinforced publisher's slipcase w/ floral boards 1941 Limited edition of 1500 copies This copy is number 782 12 1/2" x 8 1/2" A classic work of English fiction which celebrates the romance of even the most ordinary lives as it tells the story of the two Baines sisters, placid stay-at-home Constance and rebellious Sophia, from their girlhood to their last days. They move from the family drapery shop in provincial Bursley during the repressive mid-Victorian period to old age in the modern era of mass marketing and the internal combustion engine. The setting ranges from the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Bursley to a Paris brothel, the action from the controlled domestic routine of the Baines household to wife murder and the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

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• Title: The Old Wives' Tale: Volumes I & II
• Publisher: University Press
• Publication Date: 1941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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