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The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

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The Old Wives' Tale

Preface To This Edition .................................................................................. 3

I.1. The Square ................................................................................................ 6

I.2 The Tooth ................................................................................................ 20

I.3. A Battle................................................................................................... 28

I.4. Elephant .................................................................................................. 51

I.5. The Traveller .......................................................................................... 64

I.6. Escapade ................................................................................................. 77

I.7. A Defeat.................................................................................................. 90

II.1. Revolution ........................................................................................... 100

II.2. Christmas And The Future .................................................................. 113

II.3. Cyril..................................................................................................... 124

II.4. Crime ................................................................................................... 138

II.5. Another Crime..................................................................................... 151

II.6. The Widow.......................................................................................... 174

II.7. Bricks And Mortar .............................................................................. 183

II.8. The Proudest Mother........................................................................... 192

III.1. The Elopement ................................................................................... 200

III.2. Supper ................................................................................................ 209

III.3. An Ambition Satisfied ....................................................................... 220

III.4. A Crisis For Gerald............................................................................ 233

III.5. Fever .................................................................................................. 247

III.6. The Siege ........................................................................................... 271

III.7. Success ............................................................................................... 290

IV.1. Frensham's ......................................................................................... 303

IV.2. The Meeting....................................................................................... 325

IV.3. Towards Hotel Life............................................................................ 343

IV.4. End Of Sophia ................................................................................... 371

IV.5. End Of Constance .............................................................................. 394

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