Autobiography of alice b toklas sparknotes

memoir by Gertrude Stein

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a book by Gertrude Stein, written in October and November and published in ^[1] It employs the form of an autobiography authored by Alice B.

Toklas, her life partner. In , Modern Library ranked it as one of the 20 greatest English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century.^[2]

Summary of chapters

Before I Came to Paris

Alice B.

Toklas, as narrator of the work, tells how she was born into an affluent family in San Francisco, describing her parents' backgrounds and family history. Later she describes meeting Gertrude Stein's sister-in-law during the fires in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake, and decided to move to Paris in

My Arrival in Paris

Alice writes about the important role of Hélène, Gertrude's housemaid, in their household in Paris.

She mentions preparations for an art exhibition. She discusses Pablo Picasso and his mis