The modernist novelist, art collector and saloniste held a high opinion of herself. Francesca Wade probes Stein’s life and legacy, taking her at her word. By Christopher Benfey Fifty years after the ...

"To live in the world of creation--to get in it and stay in it--to frequent it and to haunt it."--Henry James. "I wanna be a lion," Gertrude Stein announced to her brother Leo. So she followed him to ...