Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Arnold Bennett

Editorial

Createspace

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

590

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x3 cm

Peso

0.78 kg.

ISBN13

9781718938083

Categorías

Antologías: general

The Old Wives' Tale (en Inglés)

Arnold Bennett (Autor) · Createspace · Tapa Blanda

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Regarded as one of Arnold Bennett's finest works, The Old Wives' Tale was first published in 1908. It tells the story of sisters Constance and Sophia Baines, both very different from one another, and follows their lives from youth into old age. Bennett's inspiration was an encounter in a Parisian restaurant: "an old woman came into the restaurant to dine. She was fat, shapeless, ugly, and grotesque. She had a ridiculous voice, and ridiculous gestures. It was easy to see that she lived alone, and that in the long lapse of years she had developed the kind of peculiarity which induces guffaws among the thoughtless." and "I reflected, concerning the grotesque diner: "This woman was once young, slim, perhaps beautiful; certainly free from these ridiculous mannerisms.