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title: "The old Wives' Tale Hardcover – August 12, 2015"
brand: "arnold bennett"
price: "¥12527"
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reviews_count: 13
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# The old Wives' Tale Hardcover – August 12, 2015

**Brand:** arnold bennett
**Price:** ¥12527
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    An epic tale that is funny, heart-breaking and quite profound in it's deep understanding of humanity
  

*by B***S on Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2020*

FIRST LINE REVIEW: "Those two girls, Constance and Sophia Baines, paid no heed to the manifold interest of their situation, of which, indeed, they had never been conscious." Such a telling opening line for a beautifully rich, lovingly told history of the Baines sisters -- two women who never really seemed to be in tune with their world/situation. Bennett has crafted an epic tale that is funny, heart-breaking and quite profound in it's deep understanding of humanity. Highly recommended!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A Credible Tale
  

*by K***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2014*

Inasmuch as I’m a sucker for credible characters, I loved this book. Amazing to me that Bennett relies solely on his insight and clarity to keep readers connected to the book. For example, he never dwells on death for more than a sentence or two. Compare Jo’s death in Bleak House. Nor does he make a Trollope-like effort to be humorous. Yet, he rivets.The book asks, What constitutes a successful life. Constance, the stay-at-home sister, thinks Sophia, the adventurous sister, had a wasted life; Sophia’s view of Constance’s life is roughly the same. The underlying agenda is that people use what their genes and environment give them to use—both sisters used their tools rather effectively, which, at least in my mind, spells success. True that Sophia made an awful mistake in her choice of a spouse, a mistake she augmented by being too proud to return home and admit her error.Neither sister ends spectacularly; both end, I think, worthily and certainly credibly.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Still engaging more than a century on
  

*by A***L on Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2016*

This is an engaging novel of Victorian attitudes and of well-developed characters, but with some unexpected plot turns and polite intimations of real-life conduct. Arnold Bennett's background in journalism gave him a good ear for believable dialogue, and his dry wit surfaces regularly. The story of two sisters who separate, lead very different but also difficult lives, then reunite for a melancholy but not maudlin last act deserves its long-standing place in the ranks of craftsmanlike novels with broad appeal. The writer's sympathies clearly lie with women trapped in trying circumstances--the only really decent male character disappears in a balloon while attempting to flee besieged Paris in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War--but the book has much to interest readers regardless of gender.

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