{"product_id":"9780008242121_three-lives-collins-classics","title":"Three Lives (Collins Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Melanctha Herbert was always seeking rest and quiet, and always she could only find new ways to be in trouble.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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; and Lena, a timid girl bullied into work and marriage. In this ground-breaking collection, Stein depicts the interior lives of these women, struggling to find happiness in an unkind world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGertrude Stein was a pioneering figurehead of Modernism, and a mentor to writers like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Written in 1909, Three Lives captures the artistic styles of Picasso, Cézanne and Matisse, and uses them to create heart-breaking portraits of working-class women.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gertrude Stein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285417738389,"sku":"9780008242121","price":1.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008242121.jpg?v=1776992192","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008242121_three-lives-collins-classics","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}