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Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

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  • 1933 first published
  • 268 pages
  • ★ 3.0 (4 ratings)
  • 83 editions
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a 1933 sapphic fiction novel by Gertrude Stein. The story is set in Paris, France and France, in the 20th century. It features Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) and Alice B Toklas. It deals with intellectual life, Biography, friends and associates and american Authors.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 42 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 83 editions across 7 languages.

At about 268 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

"*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*
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Alice B. Toklas
  • Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
  • Alice B Toklas
  • Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967)

Subjects

  • Intellectual life
  • Biography
  • Friends and associates
  • American Authors
  • Americans
  • Lesbian authors
  • Lesbians
  • Toklas, Alice B
  • Women
  • Toklas, alice b., 1878-1967
  • Stein, gertrude, 1874-1946
  • Paris, France, intellectual life
  • Americans, france
  • Authors, american
  • Authors, juvenile literature
  • American Women authors

Quick answers

Who wrote The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas?

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was written by Gertrude Stein and first published in 1933.

What genre is The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction.

How long is The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas?

The median edition has 268 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas?

Readers who like it often enjoy Nightwood, Black Girl in Paris and La bâtarde.

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