Three Lives (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Gertrude Stein
- First Published: 1909
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: African Americans, United States or Americans, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Class consciousness, Immigration or emigration, Women’s issues, Servants, Tuberculosis
- Locales: Bridgepoint (fictive)
Places Discussed
Bridgepoint. Fictional southern port town in an unspecified state in which the entire novel is set. Created from Stein’s memories of Baltimore at the turn of the twentieth century, Bridgepoint contains diverse neighborhoods, from well- appointed row houses erected like dominoes along steep hills, to slum districts near the factories, and the home of fortunetellers and the poor. To the novel’s three women, Bridgepoint presents a narrow life that forbids escape.
Part one of the novel, titled “The Good Anna,” views Bridgepoint through the eyes of...
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