An English-language bookstore in the middle of Paris; what a wonderful idea.

Shakespeare and Company has a storied past.

Through the years, many writers have found comfort in this humble independent bookstore, including Beat Poets Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, William S. Burroughs, Anaïs Nin and James Baldwin. 

After 57 years, readers still line up to get in.

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