Books with title The Old Wives Tale

{Size: 14.34 x 22.59 cms} Lang: - English, Pages 568. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is Printed in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Complete Title: The Old Wives' Tale [Hardcover]. Author: Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett's masterpiece, The Old Wives' Tale chronicles the lives of sisters Constance and Sophia Baines, daughters of a Bursley draper. Constance, a conventional and sombre young woman, marries the shop's chief assistant, while the spirited and adventurous Sophia elopes to Paris with Gerald Scales, an irresistible but unprincipled cad. This is the utterly compelling story of their lives and loves, their triumphs and despair from early teens to old age, told with Arnold Bennett's characteristic insight and truthfulness.

The Old Wives' Tale, by Clare Heath-Whyte, is a collection of seven stories about 18th century women who participated in the cultural revival of the era as helpers and supporters of the men at the forefront of intellectual movements.The sketches present episodes from the lives of well-known women such as the Countess of Huntingdon as well events in the life less famous ladies such as Molly and Sally Wesley. They all come from different backgrounds and they all have a different attitude and take on life, but they are all faced with the same challenges of femininity. These challenges include problems that modern women are faced today such as jealously, the difficulties of married life and faith and they create a link not only between the protagonists of the sketches, but also between them and modern day readers.We also learn about the incredibly difficult living circumstances that were standard for the 18th century – we learn about incurable illnesses, the premature death of children and other devastating events that these women faced with unhindered faith and commitment. The book presents extraordinary lives, but it does something else, too: it backs up the stories with a vividly depicted historical background to make the stories even more gripping.Clare Heath-Whyte is the mother of two and a vicar’s wife, so besides motherhood and married life, religion also plays an important role in her life and her writing as well. The book comes with the subtitle Twenty-first century lessons from the lives of eighteenth century women and it provides lots of ideas to think about and to learn from.It comes with lots of Bible-inspired remarks and each chapter comes with study questions at the end that revolve around Biblical passages, so the book informs and educates, while also making a captivating read for young and old, for men and women alike.