Shakespeare and Company was the creation of Sylvia Beach, who in 1919 arrived in Paris via Princeton, recognized a market for English language books, and offered encouragement and support to the writers who bought, browsed, and borrowed. Scott Fitzgerald, and Archibald MacLeish may have crossed paths. It was where literary luminaries such as Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, F. The Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris in the 1920s and ’30s was a home to many, a place to replenish the intellect and refresh the spirit, and even a place where mail was delivered. It was a place where writers and artists - many of whom were expatriate Americans - met and formed a community of their own. PU Digital Project Explores the Iconic Bookstore’s Influence in Literary Historyīy Wendy Greenberg| Images courtesy of Shakespeare and Company Project, Princeton University Sylvia Beach standing with author Stephen Vincent Benét in the doorway of the Shakespeare and Company store.
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