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The Old Wives' Tale
Arnold Bennett
7 mins to start
14 hrs to read
Type: Fiction
Year published: 1908
Total length: 14 hrs (214532 words)
Average chapter length: 8 mins (2103 words)

Contents

Preface
Book I - Mrs. Baines
Chapter I - The Square
I
7 mins
II
15 mins
III
7 mins
Chapter II - The Tooth
I
5 mins
II
4 mins
III
5 mins
Chapter III - A Battle
I
10 mins
II
6 mins
III
8 mins
IV
10 mins
V
11 mins
Chapter IV - Elephant
I
7 mins
II
5 mins
III
5 mins
IV
7 mins
Chapter V - The Traveller
I
6 mins
II
7 mins
III
7 mins
IV
5 mins
Chapter VI - Escapade
I
4 mins
II
5 mins
III
10 mins
IV
5 mins
Chapter VII - A Defeat
I
5 mins
II
8 mins
III
6 mins
Book II - Constance
Book III - Sophia
Chapter I - The Elopement
I
14 mins
II
4 mins
Chapter II - Supper
I
5 mins
II
17 mins
Chapter III - An Ambition Satisfied
I
5 mins
II
5 mins
III
6 mins
IV
10 mins
Chapter IV - A Crisis For Gerald
I
10 mins
II
6 mins
III
3 mins
IV
6 mins
V
1 min
Chapter V - Fever
I
6 mins
II
10 mins
III
19 mins
IV
9 mins
V
7 mins
Chapter VI - The Siege
I
8 mins
II
16 mins
III
3 mins
IV
6 mins
V
4 mins
Chapter VII - Success
I
10 mins
II
9 mins
III
8 mins
Book IV - What Life Is
Chapter I - Frensham’s
I
16 mins
II
4 mins
III
8 mins
IV
8 mins
V
9 mins
Chapter II - The Meeting
I
9 mins
II
18 mins
III
9 mins
Chapter III - Towards Hotel Life
I
11 mins
II
13 mins
III
4 mins
IV
6 mins
V
4 mins
VI
18 mins
Chapter IV - End Of Sophia
I
10 mins
II
13 mins
III
12 mins
IV
13 mins
Chapter V - End Of Constance
I
11 mins
II
4 mins
III
7 mins
IV
6 mins
V
9 mins


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