The Old Wives' Tale (Bennett)
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The Old Wives' Tale
Arnold Bennett
To W. W. K.
BOOK I: MRS. BAINES
- Chapter I: The Square
- Chapter II: The Tooth
- Chapter III: A Battle
- Chapter IV: Elephant
- Chapter V: The Traveller
- Chapter VI: Escapade
- Chapter VII: A Defeat
BOOK II: CONSTANCE
- Chapter I: Revolution
- Chapter II: Christmas and the Future
- Chapter III: Cyril
- Chapter IV: Crime
- Chapter V: Another Crime
- Chapter VI: The Widow
- Chapter VII: Bricks and Mortar
- Chapter VIII: The Proudest Mother
BOOK III: SOPHIA
- Chapter I: The Elopement
- Chapter II: Supper
- Chapter III: An Ambition Satisfied
- Chapter IV: A Crisis for Gerald
- Chapter V: Fever
- Chapter VI: The Siege
- Chapter VII: Success
BOOK IV: WHAT LIFE IS
- Chapter I: Frensham's
- Chapter II: The Meeting
- Chapter III: Towards Hotel Life
- Chapter IV: End of Sophia
- Chapter V: End of Constance
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