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Shakespeare and Company
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Browse the upstairs reading library, then grab a coffee next door
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“The world's most famous English-language bookshop — still a working literary haven.”
Why we love it
George Whitman opened this legendary bookshop in 1951 as a haven for writers and readers. The tradition continues under his daughter Sylvia: writers still sleep among the shelves ('tumbleweeds'), and the upstairs reading library overlooking Notre-Dame is one of Paris's most magical spaces. Buy a book, get it stamped, and linger.
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