The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

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"*The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas ... is not an autobiography by Alice Toklas, Stein's companion from 1907 to her death, but a funny, innovative memoir which pays unusual attention to the 'wives of geniuses' as well as the 'geniuses' themselves. It focuses on the Paris years, mythologizing the Stein-Toklas household and presenting Stein as the writing member of an international art movement that starred Picasso. A lot of what we remember about Paris in the 1920s comes from *The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas*. Along the way Stein tells some stories about her past which are, according to her biographer James Mellow, streamlined versions of the truth." -Phyllis Rose in *The Norton Book of Women's Lives*

subjects: Intellectual life,  Biography,  Friends and associates,  American Authors,  Americans,  History,  Lesbian authors,  Lesbians,  Toklas, Alice B.,  Women,  Toklas, alice b., 1878-1967,  Stein, gertrude, 1874-1946,  Paris (france), intellectual life,  Americans, france,  Authors, american,  American literature,  Authors, juvenile literature,  American Women authors,  Paris - history,  Adventurers - general & miscellaneous - biography,  General & miscellaneous news & media biography,  20th century french history - general & miscellaneous,  Literary styles & movements - fiction,  Literary biography - authors' families,  Gener,  Fiction,  Friendship,  Literatură americană,  Biografie

People: Alice B. Toklas,  Gertrude Stein (1874-1946),  Alice B Toklas,  Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967)

Places: Paris (France),  France,  Paris

Times: 20th century