num_pages: 624
description: Victorian novel set in the pottery district of Staffordshire and France during the Siege of Paris
language: English
title: The Old Wives' Tale
titlecomplete: The Old Wives' Tale
characters: Constance Baines, Samuel Povey, Gerald Scales, Sophia Baines
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, France, British Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literature, Victorian, Novels
ratings_count: 4459
places: United Kingdom, Paris, Stoke-on-Trent, England, Bursley (Stoke on Trent), England
series: The Five Towns
publisher: Penguin Books