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Three Lives

by Unknown Author

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304 pages2017HarperCollins Publishers LimitedISBN 9780008242121

About this book

<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.</p><br/> <p>'Melanctha Herbert was always seeking rest and quiet, and always she could only find new ways to be in trouble.'</p><br/> <p>In Bridgepoint, USA, people get trapped into lives they didn't choose, without means of escape: Anna, a sweet but intimidating German housemaid; Melanctha, a troubled young woman whose passion threatens to tear her apart; and Lena, a timid girl bullied into work and marriage. In this ground-breaking collection, Stein depicts the interior lives of these women, struggling to find happiness in an unkind world.</p><br/> <p>Gertrude Stein was a pioneering figurehead of Modernism, and a mentor to writers like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Written in 1909, Three Lives captures the artistic styles of Picasso, Cézanne and Matisse, and uses them to create heart-breaking portraits of working-class women.</p>

Publication Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Published
2017
Pages
304
ISBN
9780008242121
Language
eng

About Unknown Author

Gertrude Stein was an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. Her life was marked by two primary relationships, the first with her brother Leo Stein, from 1874-1914 (Gertrude and Leo), and the second with her partner Alice B. Toklas, from 1907 until Stein's death in 1946 (Gertrude and Alice). Stein shared her salon at 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, first with Leo and then with Alice. Throughout her lifetime, Stein also cultivated significant relationships with well-known members of the avant garde artistic and literary world. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Stein

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