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Everybody Who Was Anybody: A Biography of Gertrude Stein

Hobhouse's biography tells the fascinating story of Gertrude Stein the public personality, the private person, and the deeply serious writer who saw herself as "the most important thinker" of her time. 8-page photo insert.

Subject
biography
Themes
art
Setting
20th centuryfranceparis
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 264 pages

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