Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 307 Bennett, Arnold 1867 1931 Bennett, Enoch Arnold Bennett, E. Arnold The Old Wives' Tale Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Wives%27_Tale Etext produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "The Old Wives' Tale" by Arnold Bennett is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story navigates the lives of two sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, as they evolve from carefree youths into mature women, highlighting the nuances of domestic life and the passage of time. The narrative seeks to explore themes of femininity, family, and the quiet tragedies of everyday existence. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Constance and Sophia Baines, living in a draper's shop owned by their bedridden father and managed by Mr. Povey. The opening chapters showcase their youthful innocence and everyday life in the Five Towns of Staffordshire, with a rich description of their surroundings and the mundane yet colorful details of their lives. The central focus is on the contrasting personalities of the sisters, especially as they engage in playful banter about a servant named Maggie while navigating their familial responsibilities. The first chapters set the stage for an exploration of their coming-of-age experiences as they prepare to confront the realities of adult life and their relationships with those around them. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Sisters -- Fiction Domestic fiction Women -- England -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 1509039 2025-07-03T03:40:35.134457 text/html 1575680 2021-01-27T05:46:11 text/html 607086 2025-07-03T03:40:49.280366 application/epub+zip 627578 2025-07-03T03:40:37.876461 application/epub+zip 627577 2025-07-03T03:40:36.317442 application/epub+zip 1052249 2025-07-03T03:40:58.354317 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 988404 2025-07-03T03:40:48.164377 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 962244 2022-09-03T06:34:20.278766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1289948 2025-07-03T03:40:31.901433 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1289862 2020-12-28T16:49:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19190 2025-07-03T03:40:58.489295 application/rdf+xml 13692 2025-07-03T03:40:36.847427 image/jpeg 3519 2025-07-03T03:40:36.583423 image/jpeg 525631 2021-01-27T05:46:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 495596 2020-12-28T16:49:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 590766 2025-07-03T03:40:35.240415 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia