A unique book shopping experience. Shakespeare and Company, located in Paris' Left Bank, is both a bookstore and a reading library specializing in English-language literature. The original bookstore was located at 12 rue de l'Odéon and was often visited by artists of such as Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Man Ray and James Joyce. The current owner, George Whitman, has been inviting people to live in his shop. There are now 13 beds among the books, and all he asks is that you make your bed in the morning, help out in the shop, and read a book a day. Also, if you happened to buy a book, you have to remember to get it stamped with the trademark Shakespeare & Co. stamp.
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