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  1. Dramatis Personae
  2. Act I
  3. Act II
  4. Act III
  5. Act IV
  6. Endnotes
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Three Sisters

Anton Chekhov, translated by Julius West

free · 21,809 words · 2 h 22 m audiobook, read by volunteers for LibriVox · first published 1901

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Dramatis Personae

  • Andrey Sergeyevitch Prosorov

  • Natalia Ivanova (Natasha), his fiancée, later his wife (28)

  • Olga (28),
    Masha (23),
    Irina (20), his sisters

  • Feodor Ilitch Kuligin, high school teacher, married to Masha

  • Alexander Ignateyevitch Vershinin, lieutenant-colonel in charge of a battery (42)

  • Nicolai Lvovitch Tuzenbach, baron, lieutenant in the army (30)

  • Vassili Vassilevitch Soleni, captain

  • Ivan Romanovitch Chebutikin, army doctor (60)

  • Alexey Petrovitch Fedotik, sublieutenant

  • Vladimir Carlovitch Rode, sublieutenant

  • Ferapont, doorkeeper at local council offices, an old man

  • Anfisa, nurse (80)

The action takes place in a provincial town.

(Ages are stated in parentheses.)

Act I

In Prosorov’s house. A sitting-room with pillars; behind is seen a large dining-room. It is midday, the sun is shining brightly outside. In the dining-room the table is being laid for lunch.

restoring your place…

fetching the rest…

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Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, translated by Julius West. The text is in the US public domain, from the Standard Ebooks edition. Served from our own copy; read on their site for the full edition with images and typography.

Narrated by Elizabeth Klett, mb, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Arielle Lipshaw, Algy Pug, David Lawrence, Bruce Pirie, Availle, Mary Herndon Bell, Ana, Elizabeth Barr, Joe Mabry, Raken, and John Fricker for LibriVox, also public domain.

First published in 1901.

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