Lucy Church Amiably
Worth buying if: you enjoy Gertrude Stein’s repetitive, musical sentences.
Skip it if: you expect a linear, plot-driven narrative with clear resolution.
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Summary
Lucy Church Amiably follows Stein’s nimble shifting sentences as they map a woman’s presence, acquaintances, and interior rhythms; the book foregrounds language itself as character over conventional plot.
Why this book now
Dalkey Archive’s 2000 edition keeps Stein’s experimental prose in circulation for readers revisiting modernist playfulness and contemporary sentence art.
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Good fit if you want...
- you enjoy Gertrude Stein’s repetitive, musical sentences.
- you seek a character study focused on voice over plot.
- you expect a linear, plot-driven narrative with clear resolution.
- you prefer realist psychological detail instead of linguistic experiment.
- You only want something with very current references and examples.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9781564782403
Worth buying if: you enjoy Gertrude Stein’s repetitive, musical sentences.
Skip it if: you expect a linear, plot-driven narrative with clear resolution.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
Reader guide
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At about 240 pages, expect a steady but attentive read—best digested slowly to savor Stein’s sentence rhythms rather than raced through for plot.
What stands out here
This Dalkey Archive edition emphasizes Stein’s original stylistic quirks and preserves the text for readers of modernist experimentation.
Best way to approach it
Read aloud or in short sittings to catch recurring phrases and syntactic patterns; focus on cadence and persona instead of plot mechanics.
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