The Old Wives' Tale
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099595359 (0099595354)
Publish date: August 7th 2014
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Pages no: 608
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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