
Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics Melanctha Herbert was always seeking rest & quiet & always she could only find new ways to be in trouble' In Bridgepoint USA people get trapped into lives they didn't choose without means of escape Anna a sweet but intimidating German housemaid; Melanctha a troubled young woman whose passion threatens to tear her apart; & Lena a timid girl bullied into work & marriage In this ground-breaking collection Stein depicts the interior lives of these women struggling to find happiness in an unkind world Gertrude Stein was a pioneering figurehead of Modernism & a mentor to writers like Ernest Hemingway & F Scott Fitzgerald Written in 1909 Three Lives captures the artistic styles of Picasso Cezanne & Matisse & uses them to create heart-breaking portraits of working-class women