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North of east, in the bottom, where the road drops from the High Moor, is the village of Garth in Garthdale.
About this book
"The Three Sisters" is a study in female frustration, as the three sisters of the title try to come to terms with an isolated existence in a remote spot on the moors. It's Sinclair's first psychological novel, drawing upon her interest in the work of Sigmund Freud. It an early example of the transition from classic realism to modernism, Influenced by Imagism, and structured around epiphanies, images and symbols. It's also considered a precursor to her later novels "Mary Oliver" and "Harriet Frean," using knowledge of psychoanalysis and acknowledging the importance of the character's internal reality.
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Fiction, generalFiction, psychologicalSisters, fiction
First published 1914About the author
May Sinclair
24 August 1863 – 14 November 1946
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