Perhaps Hemingway liked to re-read old favorites perhaps he conflated his selections for artistic effect perhaps he misremembered. Lawrence Sons and Lovers," War and Peace, and The Gambler and Other Stories-he would borrow the Turgenev again and again (in 1925, 1926, 1929) and check out the Gambler in 1927, as well as other titles by Lawrence, too.
Notably, existing records of his later borrowing history show that, of the books he names in MF as his very first selections- A Sportsman's Sketches by Turgenev, "an early book of D.H. Hemingway's reading list from these earliest days is presumably lost, though researchers at the Shakespeare and Company Project are piecing together the records of Hemingway's and others' reading habits. The subscription was for two volumes, but in MF Hemingway writes that Beach let him make additional selections. On 28 December 1921, Beach would enter into her ledger a subscription for this endearing new customer. Beach's account of their first meeting is of an amiable Midwesterner pulling up his pant leg to show her his scars from his war wounds. Hemingway recalls that he was initially shy, but he seems to have gotten over his hesitation almost immediately.
Hemingway and his wife Hadley had arrived in France on 20 December 1921, and within a week he was a regular at the shop. In A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway would recall her lending library and bookstore Shakespeare and Company, located at 12 rue de l'Odéon, as "a warm, cheerful place" that drew him in almost immediately. Sylvia Whitman now runs the store with as much charm as – if less eccentricity than – her father, launching an biennial literary festival and maintaining a strong focus on events and readings.Happy Birthday to Sylvia Beach, born on this day in 1887! The sprawling site includes a large used and antiquarian section, while the main store is a heavenly labyrinth of book-lined passages, alcoves and reading rooms full of secret corners, an unmissable destination for bibliophiles the world over. But the back history hardly matters now – George, who passed away in 2011 aged 98, turned the shop into something entirely unique and magical.Ī gathering place, source of inspiration and often a bed for beat generation bohemians, writers, travellers and readers for over 60 years, Shakespeare & Company has hosted thousands of ‘tumbleweeds’ – volunteer helpers who sleep in the shop – and featured in numerous films, books and memoirs.
In 1951, wandering spirit George Whitman opened Le Mistral at 37 Rue de la Bûcherie, re-naming it in 1964 in homage to Beach’s legacy (he also named his daughter after her).
The original Shakespeare & Co, run by Sylvia Beach and beloved of Hemingway and his ilk, closed in the 1940s during the occupation of Paris (the site at 12 Rue de l’Odéon bears a plaque).
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