The Old Wives’ Tale

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The Old Wives' Tale, written by Arnold Bennett, is a classic novel from the early 20th century. The story, which is set in England and France, follows the lives of two sisters from their childhood until old age.


  1. Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 3

    H. and Heron, Sheridan Le Fanu, Charlotte Riddell, Flora Annie Steel, Amelia B. Edwards, Margaret Oliphant, Edward Bellamy, Arnold Bennett, S. Baring-Gould, Daniil Kharms, E F Benson, Ella D'Arcy, Jacques Futrelle, Frank Richard Stockton, John Kendrick Bangs, Kenneth Grahame, Julian Hawthorne, A. E. Mason, Richard Middleton, Pierre Louÿs, Sir Hugh Walpole, Ethel Richardson, Gertrude Stein, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Mór Jókai, Andy Adams, Bertha Sinclair, Fitz-James O’Brien, Eleanor H. Porter, Valery Bryusov, John Ulrich Giesy, Otis Adelbert Kline, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Barry Pain, Gertrude Bennett, Francis Marion Crawford, William Pett Ridge, Gilbert Parker, Harriet Elizabeth Spofford, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Richard Austin Freeman, Alice Duer Miller, Leonard Merrick, Anthony Hope, Ethel Watts Mumford, Anne O'Hagan Shinn, B.M. Bower, August Nemo

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  2. 30 Occult and Supernatural Masterpieces in One Book

    Washington Irving, Mary Shelley, Charles Dickens, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Louisa May Alcott, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Nesbit, John Meade Falkner, Henry James, H.G. Wells, Montague Rhodes James, Arnold Bennett, Henry Rider Haggard, William Hope Hodgson, Virginia Woolf, A to Z Classics

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  3. Cómo vivir 24 horas al día

    Arnold Bennett

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  4. Eficiencia Mental :

    Arnold Bennett

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  5. La Máquina Humana :

    Arnold Bennett

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  6. Clayhanger

    Arnold Bennett

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  7. The Ghost : A Tale of Love, Mystery, and the Supernatural

    Arnold Bennett, Zenith Crescent Moon Press

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  8. Cómo Vivir con Veinticuatro Horas al Día :

    Arnold Bennett

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  9. Wie man von 24 Stunden am Tag leben kann : Ein klassischer Leitfaden zur Selbstverbesserung - Ausgabe in neuer Übersetzung und Rechtschreibung

    Arnold Bennett

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  10. Riceyman Steps

    Arnold Bennett

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  11. Five Towns: The Complete Collection : Enriched edition. Exploring the Socio-Economic Tapestry of Early 20th Century Midlands

    Arnold Bennett

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  12. Five Towns: The Complete Collection

    Arnold Bennett

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