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Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on February 3, 1874. At Radcliffe College she studied under William James, who remained her lifelong friend, and then went to Johns Hopkins to study medicine. Abandoning her studies, she moved to Paris with her brother Leo in 1903. At 27 rue de Fleurus, Gertrude Stein lived with Alice B. Toklas, who would remain her companion for 40 years. Not only was she an innovator in literature and a supporter of modern poetry and art, she was the friend and mentor of those who visited her at her now-famous home: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Jean Cocteau, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sherwood Anderson, and Guillaume Apollinaire. Her body of work include Three LivesTender ButtonsThe Making of Americans, and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated
The Geographical History of America
Everybody's Autobiography
Portraits and Prayers
Wars I Have Seen
Ida
Three Lives and Tender Buttons
Three Lives
Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
3 Lives

Books

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated
The Geographical History of America
Everybody's Autobiography
Portraits and Prayers
Wars I Have Seen
Ida
Three Lives and Tender Buttons
Three Lives
Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
3 Lives

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