The old wives' tale
by Arnold Bennett · 1900
Biography & Memoir · ranked #77 in category
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
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