The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett
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Overview: H. G. Wells described The Old Wives’ Tale as "by far the finest long novel written in English and in the English fashion". He was, of course, speaking for his own generation, and a hundred years later the opinion may seem somewhat exaggerated. However, there is no doubt that The Old Wives’ Tale is a superby novel of its kind, and it is still as readable and enjoyable as ever. First published in 1908, itt 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 lives of the sisters 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 the Staffordshire Potteries to exotic and cosmopolitan Paris, and as it tale moves back and forth it reveals contrasts that sum up the human situation. It was fascinating to learn from Bennett’s journal how he saw an old lady in a cafe and was inspired to think of how her life might have been lived, how she must have once been young…the plot of the novel came to him fairly promptly, and, as they say, the rest is history. This novel was serialised on British television with great success circa 2000.
Genre: Fiction Classics
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