The Three Sisters - Couverture souple

Sinclair, May

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 116271042X ISBN 13 : 9781162710426

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The Three Sisters is a novel by May Sinclair, originally published in 1914. The story takes place in England during the early 20th century and follows the lives of three sisters: Letty, Laura, and Lois. The sisters are raised in a strict, religious household and struggle to find their place in the world as they grow up.Letty is the eldest sister and is determined to break free from her sheltered upbringing. She becomes involved with a married man and struggles to reconcile her feelings for him with her own moral code. Laura, the middle sister, is more reserved and struggles with her own insecurities. She becomes engaged to a man who she believes will provide her with security and stability, but soon realizes that she is not truly in love with him.The youngest sister, Lois, is the most rebellious of the three. She rejects the strict religious beliefs of her parents and becomes involved with a socialist group. She falls in love with one of the members, but their relationship is threatened by his political beliefs.Throughout the novel, the sisters must navigate their own desires and ambitions while also dealing with the expectations of their family and society. The Three Sisters is a poignant exploration of female identity and the struggle for independence in a society that values conformity.Nothing in his previous experience had prepared him for it. In his big provincial hospital he had had it practically his own way. He had faced a thousand horrible and intractable diseases with a thousand appliances and with an army of assistants and trained nurses under him. And if in his five years' private practice in Leeds he had come to grips with human nature, it had been at any rate a fair fight. If his work was harder his responsibility was less. He still had trained nurses under him; and if a case was beyond him there were specialists with whom he could consult.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

An excerpt from Book Review Digest, Volume 10, 1915:

May Sinclair's story is a study in abnormal psychology—or a psychological study of the effects of abnormal conditions.

The scene is laid in the north of England where James Cartaret has brought his family after certain innocent indiscretions on the part of his youngest daughter Alice have led him to abandon his parish in the south.

The three girls live immured in the vicarage, cut off from friendship and youth, spending weary evenings in the society of one another, waiting for the one event of their day—family prayers. The life affects them differently. Mary takes to good works; Gwenda roams the moors alone at night; Alice pines and fades. Yet the mind of each is engaged all the time with one figure, Steven Rowcliffe, the young doctor. Mary thinks: "He will see that I am sweet and womanly"; Gwenda: “He will wonder who that strange girl is who is unafraid"; Alice: "I will make myself ill and he will come to see me." The outcome of this situation and the ultimate reaction of each as a result of it, is the substance of the story. May Sinclair employs her uncanny power of getting inside a man's mind, too, in the case of James Cartaret, the vicar.

It is because it gives so forthright and imaginative a conspectus of feminine character that its occasional indirections are bewildering.

Présentation de l'éditeur

It is the last village up Garthdale; a handful of gray houses old and small and humble. The high road casts them off and they turn their backs to it in their fear and huddle together humbly down by the beck. Their stone roofs and walls are naked and blackened by wind and rain as if fire had passed over them.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 116271042X
• ISBN 13: 9781162710426
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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