Old Wives Tale - by Arnold Bennett 1936

The Old Wives’ Tale – Arnold Bennett (1936 Hardcover, Everyman’s Library, London)

This 1936 Everyman’s Library edition of The Old Wives’ Tale is a charming vintage find, purchased from the Paris booksellers along the Seine. Bound in red cloth with gold embossed lettering, it measures about 5" x 7" and remains in good shape despite its many decades of life. A dignified little volume with just the right touch of timeworn character.

Condition: Good vintage condition. Red cloth binding with light wear, spine firm, pages clean.

First published in 1908, Bennett’s classic follows the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, from youth in their mother’s draper’s shop through seventy years of change in Bursley and Paris. Inspired by a chance encounter in a Parisian restaurant, it remains one of Bennett’s most admired works.