The Bennett, Arnold 1867-1931 creator text utu 2004 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Old Wives' Tale" by Arnold Bennett is a novel published in 1908. It follows two sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, from their youth working in their mother's draper's shop through old age. Spanning roughly sixty-five years across Bursley and Paris, their vastly different lives unfold—one sister elopes against her family's wishes while the other remains home. Through personal triumphs and tragedies, including the Siege of Paris and family scandal, the sisters' divergent paths ultimately lead them back to where they began. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Wives%27_Tale Release date is 2004-03-01 Etext produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger Original publication data not identified Sisters -- Fiction Domestic fiction Women -- England -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5247 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5247 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133136.0 5247