Last weekend I went to Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas's apartment for my course on Expatriate Writing. It's near metro Notre-Dame-des-Champs and Saint Placide in the 6th. The street itself is mostly residential, but it's near a school so I wouldn't recommend visiting during after-school-rush period (I felt like a weirdo taking pictures). There's a sign by the door that's more noticible than the sign at Shakespeare and Company. From my paper:
" There was a similarly small plaque decorating the building at 27, rue de Fleurus. Gertrude Stein might be pleased with her sign, stating most prominently her name and that she was an American writer, with a smaller note of the period when her brother Leo shared the home, as well as a line about Alice Toklas and the way the hosted artists and writers... There is no mention of her involvement in the modernist movement, or of any specific works."
The pictures are in slideshow form below, and the larger, original versions can be seen on Flickr
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Thanks very much for posting both your thoughts and these pictures. Great work Caitlin.
An old friend and I--of the Ohio Lesbian Archives--are planning our trip to Paris. Enjoyed all your information. Thank you! Phebe
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