The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett - Books - Independently Published - 9798743069194 - April 23, 2021
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Arnold Bennett
The Old Wives' Tale

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The Old Wives' Tale is generally considered to be Benett's masterpiece. It captures both the provincial and cosmopolitan worlds that were the basis of both his life and his fiction. In this work, Bennett attained an exquisite balance between his two homes, England and France, and between his romantic and realistic sides that are mirrored in the lives of his two heroines, Constance and Sophia. Constance and Sophia are the daughters of a well-known draper in Bursley. Constance finds it no trouble at all to accustom herself to the drab atmosphere of the shop, to obey her mother in every respect, and to wait upon her invalid father. The beautiful Sophia dreads commerce and is bored by it, preferring a career as a teacher, which her parents strictly forbid her to pursue. Of a romantic disposition, Sophia is quickly taken with Gerald Scales, a traveling salesman who persuades her to elope with him.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 23, 2021
ISBN13 9798743069194
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 150
Dimensions 216 × 280 × 8 mm   ·   362 g
Language English  

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