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

Noël Riley Fitch
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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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