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Three Lives
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781023040730
Publisher: Anson Street Press
Published: Mar 28 2025
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Gertrude Stein's Three Lives: Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena offers a compelling glimpse into the lives of working-class women in the early 20th century. This collection of short stories, considered an important work of modernist literature, explores the everyday experiences of women in domestic service. Stein's distinctive and evocative prose captures the nuances of their lives, loves, and struggles.
Three Lives presents portraits of distinct individuals, each facing unique challenges within the constraints of their social roles. The stories delve into themes of womanhood, labor, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. With subtle humor and profound insight, Stein's work provides a valuable perspective on a pivotal era. This edition offers a carefully prepared republication of a classic text.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
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