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Three Lives (1953 Film)
Three Lives may refer to: * ''Three Lives'' (book), a 1909 book by Gertrude Stein * "Three Lives" (short story), a short story by Pu Songling * ''Three Lives'' (film), a 1924 Georgian silent film * ''Three Lives'', a 1971 American documentary film directed by Kate Millett * Three Lives & Company, a bookstore in Manhattan See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Lives (book)
''Three Lives'' (1909) is a work of fiction written in 1905 and 1906 by American writer Gertrude Stein. Stein, Gertrude. ''Writings 1903–1932''. New York: Library of America, 1998, p. 928 The book is separated into three stories, "The Good Anna," "Melanctha," and "The Gentle Lena." The three stories are independent of each other, but all are set in Bridgepoint, a fictional town based on Baltimore. Synopses Each of the three tales in ''Three Lives'' tells of a working-class woman living in Baltimore. "The Good Anna" "The Good Anna," the first of Gertrude Stein’s ''Three Lives,'' is a novella set in "Bridgepoint" about Anna Federner, a servant of "solid lower middle-class south german stock." Part I describes Anna’s happy life as housekeeper for Miss Mathilda and her difficulties with unreliable under servants and "stray dogs and cats". She loves her "regular dogs": Baby, an old, blind, terrier; "bad Peter," loud and cowardly; and "the fluffy little Rags." Anna is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Lives (short Story)
"Three Lives" () is a short story by Pu Songling first published in ''Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio'' which follows the past lives of a scholar. It has been adapted into a play and translated into English. Plot A ''juren'' surnamed Liu often narrates tales from his past lives to his peer, Wenbi (). Many incarnations ago, Liu was an unnamed government official who died aged 62; in the Underworld, he is initially well-received by Yama, but is subsequently condemned to rebirth as a horse when his multiple transgressions come to light. Unhappy with life in the stable, Liu/Horse starves himself for three days and returns to hell. However, Yama determines Liu's atonement to be insufficient, and has him reborn as a dog. Again suicidal, Liu/Dog attacks his owner, who whips him to death. Back in hell, Yama angrily whips Liu "several hundred times", after which he is sent back to Earth as a snake. In a change of heart, Liu/Snake resolves to lead an ascetic lifestyle; one day he slither ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Lives (film)
''Three Lives'' ( ka, სამი სიცოცხლე, russian: Три жизни, sometimes ''Who is to Blame?'') is a 1924 Georgian silent film directed by Ivan Perestiani.The theme of the movie was copied from ancient Indian culture. Plot The film is set in Georgia between 1880 and 1890. Former shepherd Bakhvi Pulawy gradually rises up the social ladder; first he is foreman on the construction of a railway, then a cunning profiteer and finally – a significant capitalist-landowner. Bakhvi achieves a significant position in society. He falls in love with the city milliner Esma and marries her. But prediction of a fortune teller becomes fulfilled: soon after marriage Esma is stolen by an officer from a noble family – ensign Tsarba ... Cast * Nato Vachnadze as Esma * Mikheil Gelovani as Bakhva * Dimitri Kipiani Prince Dimitri Ivanes dze Kipiani ( ka, დიმიტრი ყიფიანი alternatively spelled as Qipiani) (April 14, 1814 – October 24, 1887) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
