The old wives' tale

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Victorian novel set in the pottery district of Staffordshire and France during the Siege of Paris.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Modern Library [1931]
New York : The Modern Library, [1931]
Series:Modern library of the world's best books
Subjects:
Sisters > Fiction.
Older women > Fiction.
Women > England > Fiction.
Older women.
Sisters.
Women.
England.
English fiction.
Fiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Book I. Mrs. Baines : The square ; The tooth ; A battle ; Elephant ; The traveller ; Escapade ; A defeat
  • Book II. Constance : Revolution ; Christmas and the future ; Cyril ; Crime ; Another crime ; The widow ; Bricks and mortar ; The proudest mother
  • Book III. Sophia : The elopement ; Supper ; An ambition satisfied ; A crisis for Gerald ; Fever ; The siege ; Success
  • Book IV. What life is : Frensham's ; The meeting ; Towards hotel life ; End of Sophia ; End of Constance.

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