Shakespeare and Company bookshop
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Shakespeare and Company bookshop is a famous English-language bookstore and literary hub in Paris, long associated with expatriate writers of the 20th century and the city’s bohemian intellectual life.
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Target entity: Shakespeare and Company bookshop Context triple: [A Moveable Feast, depicts, Shakespeare and Company bookshop]
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City Lights Bookstore
City Lights Bookstore is a historic independent bookstore and literary landmark in San Francisco renowned for its Beat Generation associations and progressive publishing.
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Dom Knigi bookstore
Dom Knigi bookstore is a famous historic bookshop in Saint Petersburg, Russia, housed in the ornate Singer House on Nevsky Prospekt and known as a major literary and cultural landmark.
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Powell’s City of Books
Powell’s City of Books is a famed independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, renowned as one of the world’s largest new and used bookstores, occupying an entire city block.
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Founders Library
Founders Library is the iconic main research library of Howard University and a historic landmark of African American scholarship in Washington, D.C.
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Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store is an independent, locally owned bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its extensive selection of new and used books, author events, and long-standing literary presence near Harvard University.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Shakespeare and Company bookshop Target entity description: Shakespeare and Company bookshop is a famous English-language bookstore and literary hub in Paris, long associated with expatriate writers of the 20th century and the city’s bohemian intellectual life.
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A.
City Lights Bookstore
City Lights Bookstore is a historic independent bookstore and literary landmark in San Francisco renowned for its Beat Generation associations and progressive publishing.
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B.
Dom Knigi bookstore
Dom Knigi bookstore is a famous historic bookshop in Saint Petersburg, Russia, housed in the ornate Singer House on Nevsky Prospekt and known as a major literary and cultural landmark.
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C.
Powell’s City of Books
Powell’s City of Books is a famed independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, renowned as one of the world’s largest new and used bookstores, occupying an entire city block.
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D.
Founders Library
Founders Library is the iconic main research library of Howard University and a historic landmark of African American scholarship in Washington, D.C.
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E.
Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store is an independent, locally owned bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its extensive selection of new and used books, author events, and long-standing literary presence near Harvard University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural institution
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independent bookstore ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anglophone expatriate writers in Paris
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Beat Generation writers ⓘ bohemian intellectual life of Paris ⓘ |
| city | Paris ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
meeting place for writers and readers
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symbol of Anglophone literary culture in Paris ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
documentaries about literary Paris
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memoirs by visiting writers ⓘ travel guides to Paris ⓘ |
| foundedBy | George Whitman ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
reading room
ⓘ
small café ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence |
official website
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online bookstore ⓘ |
| hasSection |
children’s books section
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rare books section ⓘ |
| hosts |
Tumbleweeds (resident writers and travelers)
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author readings ⓘ book launches ⓘ literary festivals ⓘ poetry readings ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sylvia Beach’s original Shakespeare and Company (1919–1941)
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| knownFor |
bohemian atmosphere
ⓘ
hosting writers-in-residence ⓘ literary events ⓘ |
| languageOfBooks | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | 5th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Notre-Dame Cathedral ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Rue de la Bûcherie ⓘ |
| nickname | Tumbleweeds program ⓘ |
| offers | beds among the bookshelves for Tumbleweeds ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
George Whitman’s family
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Sylvia Whitman ⓘ |
| originalName | Le Mistral ⓘ |
| renamedAs |
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Shakespeare and Company
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| renamedInHonorOf |
Shakespeare and Company bookshop
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sylvia Beach’s original Shakespeare and Company
William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
English-language literature
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new books ⓘ second-hand books ⓘ |
| tradition |
guests must help in the shop
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guests must read a book a day ⓘ guests must write a one-page autobiography ⓘ |
| yearRenamed | 1964 ⓘ |
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