One character in this book has a cage full of canaries even though she hates them, because she once agreed to take care of a canary for a friend, leading her other friends to assume that she liked canaries. Another character accidentally addresses a letter to Ellen Sedgwick instead of Ellery Sedgwick. The narrator of this book describes driving around and picking up "military god-sons" during the First World War. The names of nationalities and languages are never capitalized in this book, perhaps because of the time that the main characters spent in Paris. The narrator of this book talks about the "wives of geniuses" she has sat with, and describes her interactions w
One character in this book has a cage full of canaries even though she hates them, because she once agreed to take care of a canary for a friend, leading her other friends to assume that she liked canaries. Another character accidentally addresses a letter to Ellen Sedgwick instead of Ellery Sedgwick. The narrator of this book describes driving around and picking up "military god-sons" during the First World War. The names of nationalities and languages are never capitalized in this book, perhaps because of the time that the main characters spent in Paris. The narrator of this book talks about the "wives of geniuses" she has sat with, and describes her interactions with Matisse, Picasso, and Carl Van Vechten, among others, as well as the composition of works like Three Lives and The Making of Americans. For 10 points, name this book by Gertrude Stein which purports to be an autobiography of her long-time lover.
One character in this book has a cage full of canaries even though she hates them, because she once agreed to take care of a canary for a friend, leading her other friends to assume that she liked canaries.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas