"The Old Wives' Tale: Volumes I & II" 1941 BENNETT, Arnold

"The Old Wives' Tale: Volumes I & II" 1941 BENNETT, ArnoldBENNETT, 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

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