Three Lives by Gertrude Stein
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"Three Lives" by Gertrude Stein is a work of fiction written in 1905-1906. The book presents three independent stories about working-class women in Bridgepoint, a fictional town based on Baltimore. "The Good Anna" follows a strong-willed German servant managing households and relationships. "Melanctha" traces a young mixed-race woman's quest for knowledge and meaning through love and loss. "The Gentle Lena" completes the trio. Through straightforward, repetitive prose, Stein explores themes of power,
friendship, female bonding, and struggles for self-fulfillment in early twentieth-century America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 |
|---|---|
| Title |
Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Lives_(book) |
| Credits | Produced by S.R.Ellison, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Working class women -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 15408 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-15408-4 |
| Release Date | Mar 18, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 731 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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