The Cherry Orchard the three or four outstanding plays by Chekhov, along with "The Seagull", "Three Sisters", and "Uncle Vanya". The play concerns an aristocratic Russian landowner who returns to her family estate (which includes a large and well-known cherry orchard) just before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage. Unresponsive to offers to save the estate, she allows its sale to the son of a former serf; the family leaves to the sound of the cherry orchard being cut down. The story presents themes of cultural futility – both the futile attempts of the aristocracy to maintain its status and of the
The Three Sisters (Ireland) Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford, among others. The lengths of the three rivers of the Three Sisters are the Barrow - 192 km (119 mi), the Suir - 185 km (115 mi) and the Nore - 140 km (87 mi). The combined catchment area of the Three Sisters is 9,207 km, made up of the Suir's (3,610 km), the Barrow's (3,067 km) and the Nore's (2,530 km). The combined long term average flow rate of the Three Sisters into Waterford Harbour is 157 m/s, almost half of which is made up of the Suir's (76.9 m/s), followed by the Nore's (42.9