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THE OLD WIVES' TALE
by ARNOLD BENNETT
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a copy of The Old Wives' Tale, the 1908 masterpiece written by the English author Arnold Bennett. It was first printed in the United States in 1908; in 1911, it was published as part of The Modern Library--this is a first edition from that series.
The story covers the 70 years (1840 to 1905), in England and France, of the lives of two sisters. In 1998, it was ranked No. 87 in the list of 100 greatest English-language novels of the 20th century.
It is 640 pages. Plain red boards, no jacket. Gold lettering on the spine, all intact. From page 137 to 173, there's a little brown spot on the outside edges of the pages. And there's a dent to the bottom right corner of the back cover.
Other than that, it's pristine.
Synopsis
First published in 1908, The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as it tells the story of the Baines sisters—shy, retiring Constance and defiant, romantic Sophia—over the course of nearly half a century. Bennett traces the sisters' lives from childhood in their father's drapery shop in provincial Bursley, England, during the mid-Victorian era, through their married lives, to the modern industrial age, when they are reunited as old women. The setting moves from the Five Towns of Staffordshire to exotic and cosmopolitan Paris, while the action moves from the subdued domestic routine of the Baines household to the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1538
- Title
- THE OLD WIVES' TALE
- Author
- ARNOLD BENNETT
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1911
- Pages
- 640
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- greatest English-language novels, sisters, family saga
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Society; Rare; British Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
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