The Old Wives' Tale

Arnold Bennett

To W. W. K.

Preface

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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The Old Wives' Tale (Bennett)