The Old Wive's Tale
Arnold Bennett’s masterpiece, chronicles the lives of sisters Constance and Sophia Baines, daughters of a Bursley draper. Constance, a conventional and sombre young woman, marries the shop’s chief assistant, whilst the spirited and adventurous Sophia elopes to Paris with Gerald Scales, an...
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Arnold Bennett’s masterpiece, chronicles the lives of sisters Constance and Sophia Baines, daughters of a Bursley draper. Constance, a conventional and sombre young woman, marries the shop’s chief assistant, whilst the spirited and adventurous Sophia elopes to Paris with Gerald Scales, an irresistible but unprincipled cad. This is the utterly compelling story of their lives and loves, their triumphs and despair from early teens to old age, told with Arnold Bennett’s characteristic insight and truthfulness.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780755124121 (075512412X)
Publish date: October 31st 2010
Publisher: House of Stratus
Pages no: 490
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
France
I'm not sure why I kept reading through to the end (or very near it). It was slightly interesting at first, but then it just dragged on...and on... and on. I hoped it would pick up or do something to redeem itself later on, but it never really did. I only wish I'd stopped reading earlier on...
A simple concept of parallels and contrasts in the lives of sisters, carefully told with gentle irony. It starts in 1864 when Constance and Sophia are 16 and 15 respectively and follows them to the end of their lives. Book 1 covers their teenage years together above and in a draper’s shop in a small...
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