The Three Sisters is one of the plays in this Collection by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, It was first written in 1900 and produced as a theatre production in 1901. The other plays in this collection are: ON THE HIGH ROAD, THE PROPOSAL, THE WEDDING, THE BEAR, A TRAGEDIAN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF, THE ANNIVERSARY, THE CHERRY ORCHARD The book is set in a small Russian town at the turn of the century. Three sisters: Olga, Irina, and Masha and their brother Andrei dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries a provincial girl, Natasha, and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he had hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins an affair with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina the youngest is the most optimistic of the sisters, she begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, born 1860 was a Russian short story writer, playwright and physician. He is considered to be one of the greatest short writers in the history of world literature. Anton practised as a doctor throughout his whole literary career, as he said once "Medicine is my lawful wife…and literature is my mistress." in a letter to Alexei Surorin, 11 September 1888. At the age of forty four in 1904 Mr Chekhov passed away, but his legacy lives on through his books and plays that are still being read by many.