12. The City They Left

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. Part I. Discoveries
5. 1. Women of the Left Bank 1
6. 2. Secret Passages: The Faubourg St. Germain 37
7. 3. Simultaneous Existences: Four Lives in St. Germain 71
8. 4. From the Left Bank to the Upper East Side: Janet Planner's Letter from Paris 99
9. Part II. Settlements
10. 5. Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas: Rue de Fleurus 143
11. 6. Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier: Rue de l'Odeon 194
12. 7. Djuna Barnes: Rue St.-Romain 230
13. 8. Natalie Barney: Rue Jacob 268
14. Part III. Crossroads
15. 9. H. D. and Bryher: En passant 311
16. 10. At the Sign of the Printing Press: The Role of Small Presses and Little Magazines 357
17. 11. Paris Transfer: The 19305 396
18. 12. The City They Left 442
19. Notes 455
20. Works Cited and Consulted 479
21. Index 509