The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) was an avant-garde American writer, poet, and art collector who became a seminal figure in the modernist literature movement. Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Stein moved to Paris in 1903, becoming a central member of the city's artistic community. Her Paris home, shared with Alice B. Toklas, her life partner and secretary, became a salon for the leading artists and writ...