Founder Of Famous Paris Bookstore Dies
by Eleanor Beardsley, NPRDecember 15, 2011
The founder of a venerable literary institution in Paris has died at 98. George Whitman founded the Shakespeare and Company bookstore, across from the Notre Dame cathedral. The shop was a magnet for English speakers in the French capital.
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