![]() ![]() ![]() Today, it continues to serve as a purveyor of new and second-hand books, as an antiquarian bookseller, and as a free reading library open to the public. Opened in 1951 by American George Whitman, it was originally called "Le Mistral", but was renamed to "Shakespeare and Company" in 1964 in tribute to Sylvia Beach's store and on the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth. The bookstore is situated at 37 rue de la Bûcherie, in the 5th arrondissement. Whitman adopted the "Shakespeare and Company" name for his store in 1964. ![]() 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 is an English-language bookstore opened in 1951 by George Whitman, located on Paris's Left Bank. "Shakespeare and Company" store, Paris, 2013 ![]()
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