Three Lives: Book Guide, Author and Facts
Three Lives by Gertrude Stein — plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Gertrude Stein, as a college student at Radcliffe and a medical student at Johns Hopkins Medical School, was a privileged woman, but she was surrounded by women who were trapped by poverty, class, and race into lives that offered little choice. Her portraits of Anna and Lena are examples of realistic depictions of immigrant women who had no occupational choice but to become domestic workers. This collection of documents from the history of women's suffrage, medical history, modernist art, and literature enables readers to see how radical Stein's subject was.
Quick facts about Three Lives
- Title: Three Lives
- Author: Gertrude Stein
- First published: 1909
- Genre: fiction, working class women, working class women in fiction
- OpenLibrary ID: OL35383W
Where to read Three Lives
Three Lives by Gertrude Stein is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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What is Three Lives about?
Gertrude Stein, as a college student at Radcliffe and a medical student at Johns Hopkins Medical School, was a privileged woman, but she was surrounded by women who were trapped by poverty, class, and race into lives that offered little choice.
Who wrote Three Lives?
Three Lives was written by Gertrude Stein.
When was Three Lives published?
Three Lives was first published in 1909.
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