Shakespeare and Company

Shakespeare and Company is an English-language bookstore opened in 1951 by George Whitman, located on Paris's . The store was named after Sylvia Beach's bookstore of the same name founded in 1919 on the Left Bank, which closed in 1941.
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  • Book vendor
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM–11:00 PM
  • Description: bookstore in Paris founded by George Whitman in 1951
  • Address: 37 Rue de la Bûcherie
  • Email: news@shakespeareandcompany.com
  • Also known as
    “Shakespeare and Co”
    “Shakespeare and Company (Paříž, Francie)”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Notre Dame de Paris and Île de la Cité.
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Church
, often referred to simply… is situated 210 metres east of Shakespeare and Company.
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Islet
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Bridge
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Latin Quarter and 4th arrondissement.
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Suburb
The of Paris is a district in …
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Shakespeare and Company

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Latitude
48.85258° or 48° 51′ 9″ north
Longitude
2.34711° or 2° 20′ 50″ east
Open location code
8FW4V83W+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 251373380
Open­Street­Map feature
shop=­books
Wiki­data ID
Q1503157

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Shakespeare and Company” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Shakespeare and Company (boekwinkel)”
  • Afrikaans: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Arabic: “شكسبير آند كومباني”
  • Belarusian: “Шэкспір і Кампанія”
  • Bengali: “শেকসপিয়র এন্ড কোম্পানি”
  • Catalan: “Shakespeare and Company (llibreria)”
  • Catalan: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Chinese: “莎士比亚书店”
  • Chinese: “莎士比亞書店”
  • Czech: “Shakespeare and Company (Paříž, Francie)”
  • Czech: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Danish: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Dutch: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Faroese: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Finnish: “Shakespeare & Company”
  • Finnish: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • French: “Librairie Shakespeare Co.”
  • French: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Galician: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Georgian: “შექსპირი და კომპანია”
  • German: “Shakespeare & Company”
  • German: “Shakespeare and Company (Paříž, Francie)”
  • German: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Hebrew: “שייקספיר אנד קומפני”
  • Icelandic: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Indonesian: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Irish: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Italian: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Japanese: “シェイクスピア・アンド・カンパニー書店”
  • Kalaallisut: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Korean: “세익스피어 앤 컴패니”
  • Korean: “셰익스피어 앤드 컴퍼니”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Persian: “شکسپیر و شرکاء”
  • Persian: “کتاب فروشی شکسپیر و شرکاء”
  • Persian: “کتاب‌فروشی شکسپیر و شرکا”
  • Portuguese: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Russian: “Шекспир и Компания”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Slovak: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Spanish: “Shakespare and company”
  • Spanish: “Shakespeare & co.”
  • Spanish: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Swedish: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Turkish: “Shakespeare and Company”
  • Ukrainian: “Шекспір і Компанія”
  • Vietnamese: “Shakespeare and Company”

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