Does it still count as 100 years if it's really two different bookshops?
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The Secret Feminist History of Shakespeare and Company "Revisiting the story behind Shakespeare and Company’s creation reveals that its roots lie in early twentieth-century feminist activism and, in particular, Beach’s own deep-rooted conviction that women had a right to an intellectual life."
Shelf mythology: 100 years of Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company
The world's most famous bookshop at 100
Shelf mythology: 100 years of Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company
The world's most famous bookshop at 100
I was lucky enough to visit Paris and Shakespeare and Company this summer and to go upstairs and see the Sylvia Beach Memorial Library (and cat). Such an amazing place, and I didn't know half the story.
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