 In 1904 Stein began "Fernhurst", a fictional account of a scandalous three-person romantic affair involving a dean (M. Carey Thomas), a faculty member from Bryn Mawr College (Mary Gwinn) and a Harvard graduate (Alfred Hodder).Mellow asserts that "Fernhurst" "is a decidedly minor and awkward piece of writing".It includes some commentary that Gertrude mentioned in her autobiography when she discussed the "fateful twenty-ninth year" during which