When I finally found it, it turns out I had essentially passed it at least three times, but the road it is on is so inconspicuous that I kept walking by it. I ended up wandering the Latin Quarter, Saint Gérmain des Près, and even picking up a Despicable Me Minions puzzle in the process of trying to find it. Originally, it was named “Le Mistral,” but was renamed Shakespeare and Company in 1964 as a tribute to Sylvia Beach’s bookstore after her death.įinding this bookstore though was quite tricky. An American ex-serviceman named George Whitman opened the second bookstore bearing this name in 1951 at 37 rue de la Bûcherie. However, this bookstore closed in 1940 during the German occupation of Paris and never re-opened. This bookstore was popular with writers like Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Ford Madox Ford, and James Joyce. The first was opened by Sylvia Beach in 1919 at 8 rue Dupuytren, and then moved to a larger building at 12 rue de l’Odéon in 1922. Shakespeare and Company is in fact the name of two bookstores. This bookstore has been featured in numerous movies, such as Julie and Julia and Midnight in Paris, and has an illustrious history. Shakespeare and Company was at the top of my Places to Visit in Paris list.
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