The Old Wives' Tale (Bennett)

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