The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

It deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, following their stories from their youth, working in their mother's draper's shop, into old age. It is generally regarded as one of Bennett's finest works. It covers a period of about 70 years from roughly 1840 to 1905, and is set in Burslem and Paris.

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The 382nd greatest fiction book of all time

This book is on the following lists:

1. - 87th on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
2. - 87th on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
3. - Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
4. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	The Old Wives' Tale	Kindle Edition	590606	$2.99		2022
	The Old Wives' Tale: Illustrated (The Evergreen Classics)	Kindle Edition	860843	$0.99		2017
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	2462359	$12.95		2020
	The Old Wives' Tale (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	338718	$0.99		2014
	The Old Wives' Tale	Hardcover	5761353	$100.00	$6.50
	The Old Wives' Tale in Slipcase	Hardcover	1608266		$6.80
	Old Wives' Tales	Hardcover	7528276	$100.00	$10.00
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	7474096	$10.74		2007
	The Old Wives' Tale	Kindle Edition	935074	$3.19		2004
	The Old Wives' Tale	Audio CD	1885344	$27.73		2009
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	9800455	$15.29	$12.43	2007
	The old wives' tale	Hardcover	6183608		$1.25
	The Old Wives' Tale: Arnold Bennett (Children's Literature, Romance, Classics, Literature) [Annotated]	Kindle Edition	685512	$2.99		2021
	The Old Wives' Tale (Pandora Books)	Kindle Edition	1764366			2000
	The Old Wives' Tale	MP3 CD	1231633	$5.08	$13.37	2015
	The Old Wives' Tale (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)	Kindle Edition	756584	$2.99		2000
	The Old Wives' Tale	Kindle Edition	338389	$0.99		2014
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	1306828	$14.84		2018
	The Old Wive's Tale (Five Towns)	Paperback	2570461	$13.74	$12.50	2009
	Old Wives Tale	Mass Market Paperback	10023910		$0.97
	The old wives' tale	Hardcover	9790622		$3.35
	The Old Wives' Tale: Arnold Bennett (Classics, Literature, Self-Help & New Thought) [Annotated]	Kindle Edition	607205	$2.99		2022
	The Old Wives' Tale: Books 1 and 2	Paperback	5717402	$10.40	$8.47	2000
	The Old Wives' Tale: Arnold Bennett (Classics, Literature, Self-Help & New Thought) [Annotated]	Kindle Edition	711600	$2.99		2021
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	4269109	$10.12	$6.99	2011
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	784591	$10.99	$61.47	2013
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	1238705	$10.65		2015
	Old Wives Tales	Hardcover	9812964		$14.99
	The Old Wives Tale	Audible Audio Edition	130984	$6.95		2011
	Old Wives' Tale, The	Hardcover	10684406		$16.95	2003
	Old Wives' Tale (The Collected Works of Arnold Bennett)	Hardcover	9177913		$9.69
	The Old Wives' Tale	Hardcover	9718199	$100.00	$19.02
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	243223	$17.94		2017
	The Old Wives' Tale	Hardcover	1232786		$39.15
	The Old Wives' Tale: Annotated	Kindle Edition	940475	$3.99		2021
	The Old Wives' Tale	Hardcover	8080712		$0.59
	The Old Wives' Tale: Arnold Bennett (Children's Literature, Romance, Classics, Literature) [Annotated]	Kindle Edition	579588	$2.99		2021
	Cuento de viejas / Old Wives' Tale (Spanish Edition)	Hardcover	1595954		$732.63	2005
	THE OLD WIVES TALE By ARNOLD BENNETT	Hardcover	1986009		$8.99
	Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	1281423	$42.92	$10.18	2008
	The Complete Five Towns Collections: A Man from the North, Anna of the Five Towns, Tales of the Five Towns, The Old Wives' Tale…	Kindle Edition	3210313	$0.99		2019
	The Old Wives' Tale: Books 3 and 4	Paperback	20888079	$17.99		2000
	The Old Wive's Tale	Hardcover	7435537		$4.74
	The Old Wives Tale: Special Edition	Paperback	266980	$14.53	$22.00	2018
	The old wives' tale	Hardcover	1631869	$19.99	$0.01
	The Old Wives' Tale: Arnold Bennett (Children's Literature, Romance, Classics, Literature) [Annotated]	Kindle Edition	602948	$2.99		2021
	The Old Wives' Tale (Classic Illustrated Edition)	Paperback	1442379	$8.99		2019
	The Old Wives Tale	Hardcover	707918		$59.40	1940
	The Old Wives' Tale	Hardcover	4400540		$0.08
	The Old Wives' Tale	Kindle Edition	570998	$2.99		2022
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	3780653	$11.00	$3.29	2007
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	11342148	$13.49		2007
	The Old Wives' Tale (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)	Mass Market Paperback	1494484	$24.23	$1.49	1991
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	1832792	$16.99	$14.80	2000
	The Old Wives' Tale illustrated	Kindle Edition	660831	$2.99		2021
	The Old Wives' Tale: A Novel (Classic Reprint)	Hardcover	1387075	$34.27		2018
	The Old Wives' Tale:: Arnold Bennett (Two Sisters Story, Fiction, Novel, Classics, Literature, Self-Help & New Thought) [Annotated]	Kindle Edition	649563	$2.99		2021
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	1623165	$12.99		2020
	The Old Wives' Tale	Hardcover	5972156	$59.99	$9.22
	The Old Wives' Tale	Audible Audio Edition	43821	$17.95		2009
	The Old Wives' Tales	Hardcover	872326		$0.14
	The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	1041729	$12.87	$4.00	2007
	The Old Wives' Tale	Kindle Edition	383758	$2.99		2022
	The Old Wives' Tale: Arnold Bennett (Classics Literature Self-Help & New Thought) [Annotated]	Kindle Edition	896050	$2.99		2022
	The old wives' tale; (Harper's modern classics)	Hardcover	8317557		$0.15
	Old Wives Tale	Kindle Edition	1298115	$4.99		2010
	The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	1124395	$8.99		2007
	The Old Wives' Tale (Modern Library Classics)	Paperback	3173702	$10.00	$0.01	1999
	The Old Wives' Tale (Oxford World's Classics)	Paperback	2477691	$26.13	$0.01	1995
	The Old Wives' Tale	Paperback	3858010	$19.90	$15.86	2012