The old wives' tale
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
Great britain, social life and customs, fiction
Priests
English language, study and teaching, foreign speakers
Satire
Older women
Domestic fiction
Sisters, fiction
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
Fiction, family life
Fiction, family life, general
Classic Literature
Long Now Manual for Civilization
Sisters
Brothers and sisters
England, fiction
Manners and customs
Literature
Women
Fiction, general
Social life and customs
Biography
History
Fiction
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 s…
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