“He never disappointed.” George Whitman, the owner of Shakespeare and Company, a bookshop that became the core of English-language literary life in Paris and might be the most famous and beloved bookstore in the world, died Dec. 14, 2011 in his apartment above the store. He died two days after his 98th birthday.

“He never disappointed.” George Whitman, the owner of Shakespeare and Company, a bookshop that became the core of English-language literary life in Paris and might be the most famous and beloved bookstore in the world, died Dec. 14, 2011 in his apartment above the store. He died two days after his 98th birthday.

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