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Shakespeare and Company is an English-language bookstore opened in 1951 by George Whitman, located on Paris's Left Bank. The store was named after Sylvia Beach 's bookstore of the same name founded in 1919 on the Left Bank, which closed in 1941.
Shakespeare and Company was an influential English-language bookstore in Paris founded by Sylvia Beach in 1919; Beach published James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses at the bookstore. The store closed in 1941.
Shakespeare & Co Books at 37, Rue de la Bûcherie. Nos. 13-15: amphitheatre of the ancient Faculty of Medicine; No. 37: Shakespeare and Company, a bookstore specializing in English language books while simultaneously employing and boarding English-speaking writers in Paris.
American George Whitman opened a new bookshop in 1951 at a different location in Paris (in the rue de la Bûcherie) originally called Le Mistral, but renamed Shakespeare and Company in 1964 in honor of the late Sylvia Beach. [16] Since his death in 2011, it has been run by his daughter Sylvia Whitman. [17]
Sylvia Whitman Hon. FRSL (1 April 1981) [1] is the proprietor of Shakespeare and Company in Paris, France, the celebrated bohemian English language bookstore known for welcoming readers and writers from around the world. She is the daughter of the shop's founder, George Whitman (1913–2011).
The book, 'Shakespeare’s Life of King Henry the Fifth,' was last checked out in 1923. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Shakespeare and Company, Shakespeare & Company, or Shakespeare & Co. may refer to: Shakespeare and Company (1919–1941), an influential English-language bookshop in Paris, France founded by Sylvia Beach; Shakespeare and Company (bookstore), an English-language bookstore in Paris, founded by George Whitman in 1951
George Whitman (December 12, 1913 – December 14, 2011) was an American bookseller who lived most of his life in France. He was the founder and proprietor of the second Shakespeare and Company, which was named after Sylvia Beach's celebrated original bookstore of the same name (1919 to 1941) on Paris's Left Bank.