Emily Gorcenski finished reading The Old Wives' Tale (Penguin Classics) by Arnold Bennett
First published in 1908, The Old Wives' Tale affirms the integrity of ordinary lives as …
The modern reader cannot help but be distracted by the fatphobia that infects the root of this novel. If that can be seen past, the book stands as a remarkable story about the inevitable courses of life, told through the stories of two sisters who could not be more different, but who nevertheless end up the same.