Old Wives' Tale

"Bennett did write one indisputable masterpiece, 'The Old Wives' Tale," and that is where I recommend you start [reading him]. I have read it twice already, at 15 and at 40, and I hope to get another chance at 65. Each time I'm in the midst of reading it, I think it the best novel ever written....It follows the lives of two sisters--Constance, who stays home and prosaically marries, and Sophia, who runs off with a handsome cad--and comes down on neither side. Its virtues are its generosity, its breadth and its felt evocation of a tangible reality.Bennett, Arnold is the author of 'Old Wives' Tale', published 0000 under ISBN 9780375754906 and ISBN 0375754903.