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Three Lives
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ISBN13: 9798897188109
Publisher: Lushena Books
Published: Nov 3 2025
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Lushena Books
Published: Nov 3 2025
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Three Lives by Gertrude Stein (1909) is a collection of three interconnected stories - The Good Anna, Melanctha, and The Gentle Lena. Each story portrays the life of an ordinary working-class woman in the fictional town of Bridgepoint.
- The Good Anna tells of a strict, self-sacrificing German servant who devotes her life to caring for others but finds little happiness or appreciation.
- Melanctha follows a complex, restless mixed-race woman searching for love, understanding, and independence, exploring themes of race, sexuality, and emotional struggle.
- The Gentle Lena depicts a passive, obedient German girl whose quiet, uneventful life ends tragically after marriage and motherhood.
Through these portraits, Stein uses repetitive, rhythmic language to explore identity, routine, and the emotional depth of everyday lives.
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