Nestled within the winding, labyrinthine streets that hide in Notre-Dame's shadow is a beautiful reminder of a time gone by and a golden idyll. Even from the outside, its windows overflowing with books beckon you forward. Within, sheer bibliophilic joy awaits you.
In this surprisingly spacious store, around every corner mountains of books teeter precariously over your head. Good reads are hidden in a labyrinth of shelves. All those that have dreamed of wandering through an antique style bookstore can now rest easy: apart from its quirky and curious selection of new and vintage books, the store incorporates a gloriously varied collection of vintage items, like wooden ladders on rails to help customers reach books at the top of the shelves, yellowed newspaper clippings and a train station's clock!
Places like this are rare havens for creativity in a cold, rushed industrial world. Here, one is able to take a break from all of the havoc of modernity, and pull up a piano stool and coax a few notes from the piano upstairs or pluck a book from their shelves and take a seat in a comfortable armchair. In this shop, writers can take refuge. They are offered lodging and a typewriter to continue their work, as long as they keep on creating. As a result, Shakespeare and Company was the favorite haunt of great literary minds.
What a beautiful place!
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