Length22h 56m
About this audiobook
The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908. It deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, following their stories from their youth, working in their mother's draper's shop, into old age. It is regarded as one of Bennett's finest works. The story covers a period of about 70 years from roughly 1840 to 1905, and is set in Burslem and Paris. The book is broken up into four parts, Mrs Baines, Constance, Sophia and What Life Is. The first section, "Mrs Baines" details the adolescence of both Sophia and Constance, and their life in their father's shop and house. The father is ill and bedridden, and the main adult in their life is Mrs Baines, their mother. Sophia eventually elopes with a travelling salesman, and Constance marries Mr Povey, who works in the shop.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.1 (21.5K)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, Amazon
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length22 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byStanley Green
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 8, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface: The Old Wives' Tale
2Book 1 Chapter 1: The Old Wives' Tale
3Book 1 Chapter 2: The Old Wives' Tale
4Book 1 Chapter 3, Pt. 1: The Old Wives' Tale
5Book 1 Chapter 3, Pt. 2: The Old Wives' Tale
Show all chaptersShow less
6Book 1 Chapter 4: The Old Wives' Tale
7Book 1 Chapter 5: The Old Wives' Tale
8Book 1 Chapter 6: The Old Wives' Tale
9Book 1 Chapter 7: The Old Wives' Tale
10Book 2 Chapter 1: The Old Wives' Tale
11Book 2 Chapter 2: The Old Wives' Tale
12Book 2 Chapter 3: The Old Wives' Tale
13Book 2 Chapter 4: The Old Wives' Tale
14Book 2 Chapter 5, Pt. 1: The Old Wives' Tale
15Book 2 Chapter 5, Pt. 2: The Old Wives' Tale
16Book 2 Chapter 6: The Old Wives' Tale
17Book 2 Chapter 7: The Old Wives' Tale
18Book 2 Chapter 8: The Old Wives' Tale
19Book 3 Chapter 1: The Old Wives' Tale
20Book 3 Chapter 2: The Old Wives' Tale
21Book 3 Chapter 3: The Old Wives' Tale
22Book 3 Chapter 4: The Old Wives' Tale
23Book 3 Chapter 5, Pt. 1: The Old Wives' Tale
24Book 3 Chapter 5, Pt. 2: The Old Wives' Tale
25Book 3 Chapter 6: The Old Wives' Tale
26Book 3 Chapter 7: The Old Wives' Tale
27Book 4 Chapter1, Pt. 1: The Old Wives' Tale
28Book 4 Chapter1, Pt. 2: The Old Wives' Tale
29Book 4 Chapter 2: The Old Wives' Tale
30Book 4 Chapter 3, Pt. 1: The Old Wives' Tale
31Book 4 Chapter 3, Pt. 2: The Old Wives' Tale
32Book 4 Chapter 4, Pt. 1: The Old Wives' Tale
33Book 4 Chapter 4, Pt. 2: The Old Wives' Tale
34Book 4 Chapter 5: The Old Wives' Tale
The Clayhanger Trilogy (Consisting of Clayhanger + Hilda Lessways + These Twain) (Annotated)Arnold Bennett51h 28m4.2 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
Arnold Bennett: Essays, Personal Development Books, Autobiographical Works & Articles (Annotated)Arnold Bennett57h 50m$2 · $0.00
The Five Towns Series (Annotated)Arnold Bennett136h 18m4.6 (14)$3 · $0.00
Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women (Annotated)Arnold Bennett3h 11m3.4 (301)$2 · $0.00
ARNOLD BENNETT Ultimate Collection (Annotated)Arnold Bennett361h 11m4.4 (23)$2 · $0.00
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day & The Game of Life and How to Play It (Annotated)Arnold Bennett4h 31m$2 · $0.00
How to Become an Author (Annotated)Arnold Bennett4h 40m3.8 (167)$2 · $0.00
The Roll-Call (Unabridged) (Annotated)Arnold Bennett14h 7m3.7 (171)$2 · $0.00
These Twain (Unabridged) (Annotated)Arnold Bennett18h 6m4.0 (331)$2 · $0.00
THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND - Study on the Meaning of Christmas & Holiday Spirit (Annotated)Arnold Bennett2h 10m3.4 (34)$2 · $0.00
The Old Wives' Tale (Annotated)Arnold Bennett25h 52m4.2 (16.5K)$2 · $0.00
Anna of the Five Towns (Annotated)Arnold Bennett9h 24m4.4 (85)$2 · $0.00
How to Live (Annotated)Arnold Bennett6h 7m$2 · $0.00
The Elusive Craft of Writing (Annotated)Arnold Bennett9h 17m$2 · $0.00
How to Become a Writer (Annotated)Arnold Bennett9h 16m$2 · $0.00
Hilda Lessways (Annotated)Arnold Bennett13h 4m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Clayhanger Family Novels (Clayhanger + Hilda Lessways + These Twain + The Roll Call) (Annotated)Arnold Bennett64h 34m4.4 (76)$2 · $0.00
The Complete Short Stories of Arnold Bennett (Annotated)Arnold Bennett40h 51m$2 · $0.00
Mental Efficiency, and Other Hints to Men and WomenArnold Bennett1h 24m3.7 (466)$2 · $0.00
The Lion's ShareArnold Bennett11h 25m3.5 (22)$2 · $0.00
The Rose CodeKate Quinn16h 2m4.4 (493.7K)$33 · $0.00
Farewell My Lovely (Annotated)Raymond Chandler10h 37m4.6 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m4.5 (77.2K)$53 · $0.00
Olympic Mountain PursuitJodie Bailey5h 55m4.6 (638)$12 · $0.00
Glen AffricKarine Giebel22h 51m4.5 (3.2K)$46 · $0.00
Deadly Badlands PursuitSharee Stover5h 53m4.6 (361)$12 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
Three ComradesErich Maria Remarque15h 50m4.5 (47.3K)$2 · $0.00
AngelAnita Waller10h 30m4.6 (672)$30 · $0.00
The BorderDon Winslow29h 8m4.5 (35.7K)$53 · $0.00
FlashpointCatherine Coulter11h 38m4.5 (11.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Fang Si-Chi's First Love ParadiseYi-Han Lin8h 25m4.5 (4K)$26 · $0.00
No Woman Left BehindJulie Moffett8h 49m4.5 (3K)$25 · $0.00
CovertJanie Crouch6h 15m4.5 (2K)$12 · $0.00
Cold Case InvestigationNicole Helm5h 30m4.6 (321)$5 · $0.00
The ReunionJana DeLeon6h 31m4.5 (1.6K)$12 · $0.00
Courage Under FireSharon Dunn5h 50m4.5 (730)$24 · $0.00
Decoding the TruthJulie Miller7h 31m4.6 (350)$12 · $0.00
Murder Gone ColdB.J. Daniels5h 50m4.5 (562)$12 · $0.00
You may also like
A Wreath for the EnemyPamela Frankau9h 13m4.0 (1.3K)$1 · $0.00
The Shape of FamilyShilpi Somaya Gowda10h 39m3.9 (6.7K)$29 · $0.00
The Tiger and the CageEmma Bolden10h4.5 (430)$20
Girl in a BandKim Gordon7h 13m3.9 (36.6K)$26 · $0.00
The Man Who Loved ChildrenChristina Stead19h 24m3.7 (7.2K)$28
Punch Me Up To The GodsBrian Broome, Yona Harvey7h 21m4.3 (8.4K)$24 · $0.00
The Complete Clayhanger Family NovelsArnold Bennett63h 46m4.2 (284)$2 · $0.00
Ruth HallFanny Fern8h 21m3.8 (2.2K)$21 · $0.00
Best of the BestTim Green5h 1m4.3 (1.5K)$24 · $0.00
River East, River WestAube Rey Lescure11h 54m4.1 (7.6K)$29 · $0.00
The SpectacularZoe Whittall11h 54m3.7 (3.5K)$29 · $0.00
Invisible BoyHarrison Mooney10h 15m4.4 (1.1K)$29 · $0.00
Agnes GreyAnne Brontë6h 59m3.7 (145.8K)$1 · $0.00
Mrs Craddock (A Dramatic Love Story)William Somerset Maugham12h 22m3.9 (2.1K)$2 · $0.00
Em's Awful Good FortuneMarcie Maxfield7h 33m4.2 (342)$17
The Hidden Life of Cecily LarsonEllen Baker13h 55m4.0 (21.3K)$33 · $0.00
The Purple DiariesJoseph B. Egan8h 44m4.0 (1.5K)$20
The Well of LonelinessRadclyffe Hall19h 37m3.9 (25.6K)$2 · $0.00
Please Stop Laughing at Me, Updated EditionJodee Blanco8h 34m4.1 (14.6K)$23
Where Angels Fear to TreadE. M. Forster4h 57m3.7 (25.1K)$14