Three Sisters

by Gemma Barder

An adapted and illustrated edition of the Russian classic, at an easy-to-read level for all ages! When their parents die, sisters Olga, Masha and Irina are left to look after their beautiful family home. Each sister longs for more from Olga and Irina want to return to Moscow, while Masha is miserably married to a man she does not love. Then their brother, Andrey, marries the demanding Natasha, who is determined to make changes – and not for the better. Will the sisters be able to hold onto what they hold dear, or will they lose everything?

112 pages, Paperback

Published August 12, 2021

About the author

Gemma Barder is an author of a variety of children's books and specialises in activity books and middle grade chapter books. She has written about everything from dinosaurs to Jane Austen - and all that comes in between! She lives in the midlands with her family and a mischievous cocker spaniel.

Reviews

[Shaimaa شيماء]

مسرحية لتشيكوف.. قرأت في مراجعاتها بالعربي إنها مملة شوية .. بس يمكن عشان النسخة دي مختصرة محستش بالملل..
الشقيقات الثلاث واخوهم شخصيات سلبية، بيحلموا بتغيير حياتهم لكن مفيش حد فيهم بيعمل حاجة بالعكس سايبين نفسهم لناس تانية تتحكم في حياتهم..
الاخت الكبيرة اللي مكرسة نفسها للشغل..
الاخت التانية اللي اتنين بيحبوها بس هي مش قادرة تاخد قرار...
الاخت التالتة اللي عايشة مع زوج مش بتحبه وعلى علاقة بواحد متزوج وجوزها عارف وساكت!!!
والأخ اللي عاوز يقضي حياته بيعزف بس بيروح يتجوز واحدة عندها عقد نقص طلعتها عليه وعلى اخواته...
وفي الآخر قالك الحياة لازم تستمر!!!

[Joey-Susan]

This was really interesting and peaked my interest Russian literature is so fascinating to me personally but the books are usually so thick that it’s daunting and time consuming to read them in full, so I’m so happy that the easy classics collection offer up an easy read version of them.

It was sweet and I loved the family bond, the girls all had dreams but making them happen just wasn’t possible or easy after their parents had died. Their younger brother gets married to an awful and rude woman who thinks she is the boss of the house.

I really hated Natasha she was just an awful and cruel human. I felt so bad for Masha she rushed into her life and didn’t get her dreams. Irina just wanted to be back in Moscow but they could never make it happen which was so sad. Olga was the only one that seemed to have a better life being a teacher.

The ending shocked me gave me a total curveball and I didn’t see it coming at all and what a sad way to end a story too. I really enjoyed reading this and was heavily engrossed into it the whole time.

These books are just brilliant and I’ll say this on each one being able to read a classic book that’s been shortened, language changed so it’s more readable and given illustrations makes reading a classic book so much more fun and will help encourage younger readers to want to pick them up and see what they think of them.