One of the more important people in EMH’s early years in Paris was Sylvia Beach. She was the proprietress of Shakespeare and Company when it was on rue Dupuytrenat and later at 12, rue de l’Odéon on the Left Bank. Sylvia Beach opened her bookstore/lending library on November 17, 1919. EMH and Hadley arrived in…
–Sylvia Beach and James Joyce in front of Shakespeare and Company, 12 rue de l’Odeon, Paris –Sylvia Beach in her shop, Shakespeare and Company (Gisèle Freund) Today is Bloomsday and there are tributes to James Joyce on many book and literature blogs. However, I want to pay special homage to Sylvia Beach this day. With…
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