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Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties

by Noel Riley Fitch · 1983

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The story of Sylvia Beach's love for Shakespeare and Company supplies the lifeblood of this book.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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writerswritersMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisLGBTLGBTMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisParisParisMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 447 pages

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