num_pages: 706
description: "This collection, a retrospective exhibit of the work of a woman who created a unique place for herself in the world of letters, contains a sample of practically every period and every manner in Gertrude Stein's career. It includes The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas in its entirety; selected passages from The Making of Americans; "Melanctha"from Three Lives; portraits of the painters Cezanne, Matisse, and Picasso; Tender Buttons; the opera Four Saints in Three Acts; and poem, plays, lectures, articles, sketches, and a generous portion of her famous book on the Occupation of France, Wars I Have Seen.
language: English
title: Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein
titlecomplete: Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein
genres: Fiction, Essays, Classics, Writing, Collections, American, Literature, Short Stories, Poetry, LGBT
ratings_count: 542
publisher: Vintage Books