Gertrude Stein

Three Lives Gertrude Stein

Three Lives is a novel that was written by Gertrude Stein and published in 1909. This book was Stein's first published book, and it depicts three lower-class women in the fictional town of Bridgepoint, which is based on the city of Baltimore. The biographical accounts of these three women all have hints of the French style of literary realism as well as the American psychological theory. The three stories are titled "The Good Anna", "Melanctha", and "The Gentle Lena".