Sylvia Beach interview on James Joyce and Shakespeare & Company (1962)

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[@friendlyfirefighter4645]

"We were liberated by Ernest Hemingway." Christ, what an INCREDIBLE interview this is. This woman is AMAZING. Smiling and chuckling and effortlessly spilling incredible literary history from her laughing lips. I just totally want to hug her for her indomitable, joyous spirit.

[@johnllewlyndavies222]

Agreed. A giant of 20th century literature.

[@meesalikeu]

of course you want to hug her, its obvious why everyone loved her and she was the magnet or lynchpin for all these creative people.

[@susiesaraf]

amazing- we should a11 be so lucky!! amazing grace ~what a triumphant story

[@lindafrazier8092]

I once had a photograph of Sylvia on her motorcycle. What an amazing soul!

[@lindafrazier8092]

No Ulysses and no drink ... Americans discontent ❤ it

[@MrGiuse72]

Moving , Emotional .... Her simplicity, so genuine. A lady, a woman ! She can say: "...when I published Ulysses.." WOW ! GREAT GREAT This Lady in her simplicity and apparent naivety seems to have the power of a young guru. The swift power of a Yoda. Inspiring !!!

[@deliagussefeld8317]

This morning I felt weak, i had slept badly, it ist better now, To hear this woman gives me strength again. Two of my old aunts where of that kind of personality too. It is great to have this interview here. At first she would not answer the war question but then she did. What a 1962 style of answer....

[@josephkenny6806]

I played in that tower when I was a kid. It was in the grounds of a school friend of mine. Intro ide al tare dei. Jk

[@windforthesailboat]

Sylvia Beach's riveting account of her time in Paris during WWII is the inspiration I needed today. Wow, what a story, with such detail.

[@puffdansleMarais]

I met transition co-founder and publisher of Finnegans Wake at the 1975 Paris Joyce Conference, Maria Jolas (only Eugene husband cited) and we corresponded. MJ told me about Sylvia and Adrienne Monnier her lover, not her "friend" although the bigotry forced that language onto Sylvia at the time. Imagine a French woman with a bookstore encouraging an American to open a competing bookstore! What a rich brilliant courage by the daughter of a Presbyterian minister--to live an authentic life in Paris with her lover, know all the writers of her time, and publish the most "censored" book of the 20th century, Ulysses in Dijon. Sheer brilliance and chutzpah!

[@Frege100]

I don't think the book stores did compete because one sold French books and the other English plus the owners became a couple.

[@oils21]

What a pleasure to hear this clip and Sylvia's voice. I listened to it while on vacation in Paris and having visited Shakespeare & Co a few days ago. These stories are amazing and we are so lucky this clip exists. Thank you for posting it.

[@eileencunniffe5782]

What a pleasure to hear this great lady's voice and hear her tell the story I've read about so many times.

[@laidir1000]

Feisty lady. What between war wounds and promoting prize fights (8:45) between men. Was probably considered unladylike way back then for women to be boxing aficionadas then.

[@MG-ge5xq]

"Would you like me to publish Ulysses?", asked Sylvia Beach, and James Joyce answered loudly: "I would!" So Sylvia was his and Ulysses' savior. How nice is this story, and all the others as well!

[@karhukivi]

I think he said "Yes, yes!"

[@laurajanehealy612]

Fabulous!

[@LlyleHunter]

I’m surprised that he didn’t respond YES. YES YES. Under the Moorish wall YES

[@rogerpenfold117]

Sylvia Beach played such a critical role in twentieth century literature. Imagine nonchalantly acknowledging that you were responsible for the publication of one of the most important pieces of twentieth century literature! Oh, and not too mention that, as well as resisting the SS and the Gestapo, you were liberated by Ernest Hemingway. Top Trumps masterclass!!

[@jenniebiz7]

Why have I only just found this incredibly Brave Woman? Sylvia Beach is an ABSOLUTE CHAMPION. Loving this Story, Thank You XX

[@meesalikeu]

a shout out here to the world’s greatest interviewer. he kept clammed up and let syl do her thing. that takes true talent to shut tfu when you have such a gem of an interview going.

[@ObsoleteOddity]

Absolutely fascinating interview.

[@tamarrajames3590]

ObsoleteOddity Thank you dear man for alerting me to the existence of this interview. So wonderful to slip back in time for awhile. 🖤🇨🇦

[@ObsoleteOddity]

Ah Tamarra, you're most welcome! Just wonderful to see this amazing footage.

[@marileesteele1804]

Truly amazing, feel privileged. Her defiance of the Nazi’s, her bravery (removing all her books, not knowing where she was being taken, spending six months in captivity) seems astoundingly naive. Maybe that’s what saves her life. Thanks to everyone who made it possible for this to be available to be seen freely.

[@lindafrazier8092]

What an extraordinary soul ... a treasure.

[@simaraft7373]

Good Lord what a terrific piece of history. Thank you a thousand times for posting.

[@Roses-lilac]

Has anyone noticed the St Bridget’s Cross brooch on her scarf? Charming nod to Joyce’s Irish heritage.

[@phillipsmom6252]

👍

[@MrUndersolo]

I'm going to look for one!

[@johnmccann8319]

Such a sweet wonderful woman.Great to hear her talk about Joyce in this way.

[@Mr.L007]

What a woman. What a life. Thank you so much for posting this interview.Bravo.

[@johncampbell1152]

She couldn’t have been more lovely or more brilliant or more humble. What a great lady.

[@annitabagua7165]

''I met Joyce one day at a party." I can't even.. Thanks very much for this video.

[@biancavonmuhlendorf2608]

I met ( the brilliant mind) John Nash at a party. I can even.

[@jhh1451]

@@biancavonmuhlendorf2608 did he seem Like he was very balanced? Like He found His equilibrium

[@CSchaeken]

Brilliant video, what a lady! Thanks for posting.

[@PIPEBITE]

What a wonderful interview and precious document of literary history! They got it just in time, as she died in October of that very same year. She was a civilizing influence; a vibrant and luminous personality to the very end.

[@DustBowlDryGoods]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful history. She is solid gold.

[@kittyandthekatz8046]

Brilliant heroic woman. Thank you for posting this historic interview.

[@tamarrajames3590]

What a splendid lady! She did a great deal of living in her years...I’m sure she was very feisty and rather commanding in her presence. This was a truly delightful interview, thank you for sharing it here. 🖤🇨🇦

[@laidir1000]

Was probably a lot of shameful sexual discrimination back then against females being boxing fans and enjoying male prizefights. Was ahead of her time in a lot, incl boxing promotion.

[@genechorney]

Priceless gem of insight into an amazing lady that was always in the background. Listening and watching her helps me understand why all these struggling artists clung to her like a lifesaver. What a little rock and fireplug!

[@ObsoleteOddity]

Thank you for uploading this amazing footage.

[@maryhatch9225]

What a remarkable woman, and what a remarkable story. I'm so glad I stumbled on this short film. Thank goodness for cookies!

[@dragonsmith9012]

❤

[@MrUndersolo]

One of the most important women of the 20th century.

[@RichMitch]

good shout that

[@liper13]

K August a little overblown. In literature, perhaps....

[@MrUndersolo]

@@liper13 Which means important enough for my praise.

[@benu7930]

@@liper13 for freedom of thought and speech, which is a mover of human progress. Literature is not a narrow discipline only

[@MrUndersolo]

​@@benu7930 👍🏽

[@MB-dp1rj]

She is simply glorious! What a gem of a video.

[@Keithlfpieterse]

THANK YOU for making this interview available. I also take this opportunity to thank Sylvia Beach. Respect.

[@WalterSobchak101]

What an enlightening interview! It isn't a wonder her bookshop attracted so many great minds. Thanks for the video.

[@k.mturgon9593]

Man, this is absolutely gold!Thank you for uploading this footage.Hugs from Brazil.

[@karamyoussef3362]

She was lovely and brave to start such a big thing, a book shop and a publishing house with no experience other than the passion for books and reading.

[@michaellear6904]

This woman is golden. Ol' mate couldn't get a word in which is just as well because she lets rip with a wonderful story full of marvelous characters.

[@dioavila5355]

Unbelievable stuff, definitely a gem! Thank you for sharing!

[@thomaswillans4085]

Visited the Ulysses tower at Easter. The wonderful guides there recommended this interview. What a mover and shaker SB was! Formidable women enabled Joyce to publish...without them, no book.

[@patricias5122]

What a brave, witty, funny, talented, smart woman. She graciously omits telling how JOYCE showed such base ingratitude. When he signed with Random House, which I guess was his right, he conveniently forgot all the money she advanced him, all the help she gave him....she did not make much money from Ulysses at all...and he often seemed to have thought she was his secretary and helpmeet, servant, rather than publisher. She was bitter for years about it, but seems to have forgiven him.

[@brendantannam499]

I can believe that. But I think he justified the abuse of everybody who helped him because he believed so much in his writing. I'm sure you know the story. He even believed so much in Finnegans Wake when everyone, including Pound, couldn't relate to it. Thank goodness he did what he did. It's like his family and friends suffered for his art but the world gets the benefit.

[@grafplaten]

@@brendantannam499 How many people have truly benefitted from the existence of _Finnegans Wake_ ? Only a handful of people can even make it through the book....

[@brendantannam499]

@@grafplaten I don't think that's the point. He created a work of art that is there for those who are willing to dig in and retrieve its treasures.

[@laidir1000]

Should've let her watch the prizefight she arranged. Shame to discriminate against boxing aficionadas.

[@genechorney]

@@grafplaten Same could be, and has been, said of the Bible

[@wesleyharden7761]

This is an incredible piece of history.

[@jo-AnnaHalvorson]

She is absolutely delightful. I am jealous of her history.

[@artiesolomon3292]

Magnificently delightful these first hand recollections of James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and her little bookshop a hangout for so many fine writers and poets.

[@saintcignatius]

an incredible person, an incredible life. thank you for posting!

[@st.patrikentertainment]

Gosh! This was fantastic! This woman tells a wonderful historic story and her impersonation of Hemingway is hilarious.

[@LenoLeno-rb2by]

Great interview, this is pure gold .

[@michaelboylan5308]

A sublime monologue, How much Joyce owed to this generous woman,,and Harriet Shaw Weaver Maria Jolas and of course Nora, Joyce and his family would have starved without Ms Weaver, Typically Ms, Beach does not say how difficult Joyce was, At 15,25 mins, there is the story of Ms Beach and the Nazi officer, Her sang froid defiance and courage takes my breath away, She was not just a bookseller,,,she was a publisher confidant publicist patron meeting house cafe and piggy bank, How much the literary world owes to Ms Beach Ms Weaver and all the other women writers and patrons of that era

[@lenochka2221]

Thank you very much for this remarkable interview!

[@sedoff1948]

A wonderful interview with a wonderful woman. Thanks so much. Years ago I “worked” for a while at Shakespeare and Co.. I was looking for my girlfriend’s sister who was supposed to be there but had left for Fontainebleau. Upon entering George gruffly asked me if I wanted a job. So I stayed. I lived for a while in the stacks upstairs. Then, like Paul Bowles, I left for Tangier.

[@zahnmann1]

I loved it. Thank you for sharing.

[@jamesallison4875]

That is greatness and bravery personified.

[@gomey70]

What a great lady, and what an interesting life she had.

[@McPookah]

This is brilliant. What a legend.

[@caroledrury1411]

My parents met at Shakespeare and Co. I was born there, this is incredible history, the greatest!

[@phillipsmom6252]

Yeah right

[@ongogablogian2975]

Your mother gave birth to you there?

[@tylerbrown2923]

If there is a cuter, more adorable human being in history I haven’t seen them.

[@ryanortega3633]

Amazing Post! Thank you so very much!

[@fayeza4589]

Brilliant, historic interview! Thank you for sharing.

[@cynthiamadrid1430]

There is a great book on this bookshop, Shakespeare and Co., written best seller In the 80's.... great interview.

[@mattmacneil3424]

best interview i've ever seen

[@delenegillen539]

Fascinating - thank you for posting!

[@drinkapavlovic]

Fascinating! What a woman! Where are such women today?

[@tomovicdjordje7312]

this is GOLD

[@rbz0]

Great humor and accent! Thanks for posting

[@LlyleHunter]

That was known as the Mid Atlantic accent prolific among upper class Northerners in the United States in the early twentieth century.

[@shifting-borders]

amazing, thanks for sharing

[@soulvilleful]

sweetest voice like a little girl

[@jamesdelaney4741]

I've watched several times. This particular time, I wanted to understand and confirm a fb post on my timeline where I called her "charming" For some reason I wasn't sure that was the right word. But it was. It definitely was.

[@christinegraham8311]

thank you for this!

[@waltersboxx]

Magical and heroic, Sylvia is, with twinkle in eye, and grounding in humor.

[@ellenl.shepard-documentary7859]

Fabulous! Outstanding! Thank you

[@somniansvulpes]

Great sound !

[@erninoherminio6629]

🤓🤓😛 Dame of the English language. If all languages had a stern lady to protect then, like H. Beach, the world would better read. Gracias from a devoted reader in Mexico City. 👵🏼👌🏼👴🏻📚📚🇲🇽

[@nanigkaty63]

Thank you .

[@kiriskip46]

I am listening to the book The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher - so far fabulous.

[@phillipsmom6252]

Listen to a book? Weird

[@yuouyang3154]

Unbelievable and so amazing ❤

[@edwardrichardson8254]

What absolute treasure if you're a fan of Joyce, The Lost Generation, that entire scene - thank God she's a chatterer.

[@danroy1511]

In the background, the dog barking incessantly, provides a literary atmosphere that a great writer would fabricate. This interview is fantastic.

[@BHall-tw4ye]

Smashing. Thank you.

[@laidir1000]

Too bad they didn't let her go to the prizefight she arranged. Seems unfair and discriminatory to ban boxing aficionadas. Of the time no doubt. Less discrimination now one hopes?

[@HellaRandomVideos]

Thank you for posting

[@garyyudman7620]

"has no horse" never knew why

[@kellycurran2602]

this is gold........

[@liammcooper]

What an amazing person

[@alicethegoon9805]

Incredible .

[@KisLevTVLIVE]

What a powerhouse of a woman!!!

[@johntosh0061]

Fantastic to see this. Getting through the Paris occupation has lessons for us all in these days of 2020, I think.

[@VintagebyMitzi]

Oh yes how easily it will happen again!

[@22grena]

What a great woman

[@ronaldhonda2276]

What a dear, sweet woman. Love the story about the poet and his poem, The Table. That’s some funny shit right there. I could imagine seeing Joyce at table eating with his family. He must have been sort of a rock star. Brave of her to attempt to Publish Finnegan’s Wake and Joyce must have trusted her wholeheartedly.

[@sistershalom2418]

Joyfully adding my voice to the many others who have commented and feel so blessed to watch and listen to this absolute gem of an interview. Yes, as @friendlyfirerighter 4645 said ... this woman is AMAZING ... THANK YOU MANUFACTURINGINTELLECT ... I do hope your collection is bringing you as much pleasure as it does to those who get to share in this library.

[@nexussever]

I have been looking for this interview for years! Thank you for posting. Do you have access to the end of the interview?

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

She is fascinating!

[@nochnoipetux]

Absolutely incredible! Subscribed :)

[@Elvis-guy1973]

Very fascinating and enjoyable!

[@monoman4083]

fascinating piece of history.

[@donnajarvis9542]

A gem.

[@alannolan3514]

Thanks Sylvia......

[@jayshrik]

Gosh Wat a lady ! Interesting from Baltimore at that! Salute

[@LewisCannon_]

A most absolutely lovely lady.

[@michaelcollins7192]

A wonderful charming and significant woman.

[@icecoldvodka2]

what an amazingly clear recording... it would be wonderful if you could correct and clarify the spelling of Sylvia's name in your title - thx

[@ManufacturingIntellect]

Thank you! I always do work on video and audio to get it to better condition. I can't believe I made that typo! It's been corrected.

[@carolegoult4640]

What a wonderful woman!!!!!

[@lindafrazier8092]

Fearless, brave and courageous! Prisoner of the Nazis ... the monkey house at the Zoo. Incredible stories.

[@rogerpenfold117]

Now we’re left with Kim Kardashian. Oh to be born in the early 1900s…not withstanding the poverty, syphilis and two world wars…but what the hell, Sylvia Beach survived it!

[@SeamasMcSwiney]

Bloomsday was the day When James 'knew' Nora? "Bid Adieu to Girlish Days" celebrated the deflowering. In 1904 Joyce had tried unsuccessfully to publish this poem in the Dublin magazine Dana. He also submitted it to Harper’s in January 1905, but again it was rejected. With two other poems from Chamber Music (I and XII), “Bid adieu to girlish days” was anthologized in The Dublin Book of Irish Verse (1909), edited by John Cooke. (This is the first time a work by Joyce was anthologized.) Joyce’s partiality toward this poem can also be seen in his efforts to have it set to music. In 1909 he tried actively to interest G. Molyneux Palmer in setting the poem musically: “It seems to me a pity you did not do the song ‘Bid adieu’ which I tried to music myself and hope you may turn to it some day” (Letters, II.227). (For more information see Letters, II.73, 77, 80, 117, and 227. Palmer eventually did set the poem to music.) Here, in this video, it's sung by Giorgio in 1949 and put to images in Paris on or around 02022020 featuring Joyce, Sylvia Beach, Samuel Beckett and Ezra Pound, all three who played key roles in James Joyce's life. Share this little item of literary history. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faHIpJSCpslpes0