Three Sisters by May Sinclair is a captivating novel that explores the lives and relationships of three very different sisters. The story is set in a small English village, where the sisters find themselves grappling with the constraints of society, as well as their own desires and aspirations.

The characters are richly drawn and complex, each with their own struggles and dreams. The eldest sister, Mary, is practical and responsible, constantly torn between duty and her own happiness. The middle sister, Madeline, is rebellious and impulsive, willing to defy convention in pursuit of her passions. The youngest sister, Nora, is quiet and introspective, observing the world around her with a keen eye.

As the story unfolds, the sisters navigate the challenges of love, family, and societal expectations, all while trying to find their own paths in life. Sinclair's writing is both lyrical and insightful, delving deep into the inner lives of her characters and exploring themes of female independence and identity.

Overall, Three Sisters is a compelling and thought-provoking novel that will resonate with readers who enjoy stories about complex family dynamics and the complexities of womanhood. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a well-written and engaging literary work.

Book Description:
Fascinated as she was by the lives of the Brontë siblings, May Sinclair loosely based her subtly sensual, quietly insurrectionary 1914 novel The Three Sisters on the Haworth moor milieu of the three literary Brontë sisters. Alice, Gwenda, and Mary Cartaret are the daughters of the Vicar of Garth, an abusive father with rigid, selfish expectations for female behavior. Hope of rescue seems to dawn in the person of an idealistic young doctor in the village, but this is no Austen romance. Described with Edwardian restraint, it is still sexual passion that is the underlying theme of the story: the rebellion of human sensuality in almost every major character in the story against the artificial constraints of conventional Society and Religion. Sinclair, herself a fascinating hybrid of Victorian and modern, shows the desperate, inertial ennui inherent in the lives of unmarried late-Victorian women dependent on their male guardians but fired by dreams and desires of their own. Sinclair's gently seditious fiction is always deeply imbued with philosophy as well as human psychology, giving it rich layers of interest.