The Old Wives' Tale

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Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale: 8. Crisis

Arnold Bennett - The Old Wives' Tale

8. Crisis

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In Paris, Gerald’s spent his inheritance and his marriage to Sophia is on the rocks

In Paris, Gerald’s spent his inheritance and his marriage to Sophia is on the rocks. Stars Katy Cavanagh and Nicholas Boulton.

In Paris, Gerald has spent his inheritance and his marriage to Sophia is on the rocks.

Starring Katy Cavanagh.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries, during the 1860s.

Dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Sophia .... Katy Cavanagh
Gerald Scales .... Nicholas Boulton
Narrator .... Phillip Jackson
Chirac .... Tom Smith
Madame Foucault .... Rachel Atkins

Director: Claire Grove

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.

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Stories following the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines.

Arnold Bennett's novel follows the lives of two very different sisters Sophia and Constance, who grow up above a thriving drapery business in the Potteries during the 1860s.

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