This Week in Literary History: Nov. 17 to Nov. 25
Nov. 17: On this day in 1919 Sylvia Beach opened the doors to Shakespeare and Company, Paris’ first English-language bookstore and lending library.
This Week in Literary History: April 11 to April 18
April 11: On this day in 1931, the “reign of terror” as she described it is over as Dorothy Parker steps down as drama critic for The New Yorker.
This Week in Literary History: January 1st to 10th
1879: E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India, born in London