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Gertrude Stein

Born

in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, The United States

February 03, 1874

Died

July 27, 1946

Genre

Art, Poetry, Fiction

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Gertrude Stein was an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature. Her life was marked by two primary relationships, the first with her brother Leo Stein, from 1874-1914, and the second with Alice B. Toklas, from 1907 until Stein's death in 1946. Stein shared her salon at 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, first with Leo and then with Alice. Throughout her lifetime, Stein cultivated significant tertiary relationships with well-known members of the avant garde artistic and literary world of her time. ...more

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Average rating: 3.49 · 37,666 ratings · 4,109 reviews · 408 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas 3.54 avg rating — 13,441 ratings — published 1933 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tender Buttons 3.64 avg rating — 7,136 ratings — published 1914 — 966 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Lives 3.06 avg rating — 4,571 ratings — published 1909 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Picasso 3.70 avg rating — 1,785 ratings — published 1938 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris France 3.36 avg rating — 1,810 ratings — published 1940 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World is Round 3.85 avg rating — 666 ratings — published 1939 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Food 1.93 avg rating — 1,136 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ida 3.27 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Writings 3.87 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 1962 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of Americans by Gertrude Stein, William H. Gass (Foreword by), Steven Meyer (Introduction) 3.54 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 1925 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family by Mary S. Lovell

15 votes, 39.5%

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein

9 votes, 23.7%

The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves

7 votes, 18.4%

From Equal Suffrage to Equal Rights: Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party, 1910-1928 by Christine A. Lunardini

7 votes, 18.4%

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