Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice

238 Pages·2007·0.47 MB·English

by  Janet Malcolm

TWO LIVES
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TWO LIVES
GERTRUDE AND ALICE
JANET MALCOLM
Yale University Press New Haven & London
Copyright © 2007 by Janet Malcolm.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Malcolm, Janet.
Two lives : Gertrude and Alice / Janet Malcolm.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN978-0-300-12551-1 (alk. paper)
1. Stein, Gertrude, 1874–1946. 2. Toklas, Alice B.
3. Authors, American—20th century—Biography.
4. Americans—France—Paris—History—20th century.
5. Paris (France)—Intellectual life—20th century.
I. Title.
PS3537.T323Z7137 2007
818(cid:2).5209—dc22
[B]
2007012085
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British Library.
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Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Frontispiece: Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas on the terrace
at Bilignin, 1936. Photograph by Cecil Beaton.
Portions of this work were originally published in
theNew Yorker.
To Ann Arensberg
The endearing elegance of female friendship
—SAMUEL JOHNSON
Rasselas,chapter 46
CONTENTS
PART ONE 1
PART TWO 109
PART THREE 179
Notes 225
IllustrationCredits 229

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