Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2005-03-18 Public domain in the USA. 253 Stein, Gertrude 1874 1946 Three Lives Stories of The Good Anna, Melanctha and The Gentle Lena Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Lives_(book) Produced by S.R.Ellison, Suzanne Shell, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Three Lives" by Gertrude Stein is a collection of stories written in the early 20th century. Through three distinct narratives centered around the lives of Anna Federner, Melanctha, and Lena, the work explores themes of love, duty, and self-identity, often highlighting the intricacies of human relationships. The characters, particularly Anna, who is portrayed as nurturing yet overburdened, bring depth to the exploration of life's struggles within domestic settings. The opening of the book introduces us to Anna, nicknamed "the good Anna," who manages a household for her leisurely mistress, Miss Mathilda. We learn about Anna's relationships with the various under-servants she supervises, detailing her struggles to maintain order and provide care. Her character is depicted as someone who embodies a strong sense of duty and responsibility, often scolding her charges and the pets in her care, thereby establishing her as both a caretaker and an authoritarian figure in the home. As the story unfolds, the dynamics between Anna and Miss Mathilda, along with her previous underlings, paint a vivid picture of Anna's arduous life filled with challenges and unfulfilled desires, setting the stage for the themes of sacrifice and the pursuit of a meaningful existence that will permeate the rest of the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Working class women -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 506576 2025-07-06T13:41:46.542705 text/html 506397 2025-01-14T22:19:36.102587 text/html 220542 2025-07-06T13:41:52.448218 application/epub+zip 226148 2025-07-06T13:41:48.190362 application/epub+zip 226149 2025-07-06T13:41:47.147209 application/epub+zip 382674 2025-07-06T13:41:55.711204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359498 2025-07-06T13:41:51.820178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350710 2022-09-07T21:35:44.895207 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476000 2025-07-06T13:41:46.086736 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 475942 2020-12-14T07:56:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18195 2025-07-06T13:41:55.842183 application/rdf+xml 10513 2025-07-06T13:41:47.634201 image/jpeg 2950 2025-07-06T13:41:47.388224 image/jpeg 150100 2020-12-14T07:56:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 217674 2025-07-06T13:41:46.579705 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia