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The Three Sisters (Magill Book Reviews)

Originally from Moscow, the three sisters moved years before to a provincial town with their now dead father. Olga, the eldest, is a teacher in the local school; Masha is married to a man whom she once thought clever, but now realizes is foolish. Young Irina dreams of great things. All of them long to return to Moscow.

The sisters pin their hopes on their brother Andrey, but he falls under the spell of Natasha, a vulgar local girl. Masha, a woman of deep emotions, falls in love with the handsome Vershinin, the new battery commander of the local brigade. It becomes evident that...

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• Anton Chekhov (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Anton Chekhov (Drama)
• Anton Chekhov (Dictionary of World Biography)
• Anton Chekhov (Short Fiction)