The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gertrude Stein
- First Published: 1933
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1903-1932
- Setting: Paris, France
- Principal Characters: Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography
- Subjects: Homosexuality or homosexuals, Authors or writers, Art or artists, Social life, Paris, 1920’s, Lesbianism or lesbians, World War I, Painting or painters, Parties
- Locales: Paris, France, England, Nimes, France
The Story:
The title of this book is misleading. The book is not an autobiography of Alice B. Toklas because she did not write it. The book is more the autobiography or memoirs of Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein, as written by Gertrude Stein.
Alice was born in San Francisco, California. It was quite by accident that, shortly after the great San Francisco earthquake (April 18, 1906), Alice met Michael and Sarah Stein, Gertrude’s older brother and his wife. They had just returned from Paris to tend to their real estate holdings damaged by the earthquake. Sarah had...
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