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84 Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff
84 Charing Cross Road

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ISBN13: 9780140143508
ISBN10: 0140143505
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Hanff, a New York writer, chronicles her relationship with a London bookseller during WWII. It starts off as a request for books, but the friendship that blossoms over the years lasts a lifetime. Full of wonderful book talk, with Hanff's acerbic wit, and the charming — but struggling — booksellers at Mark's & Co., this is must-read for book lovers everywhere. Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com

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This charming classic love story, first published in 1970, brings together twenty years of correspondence between Helene Hanff, at the time, a freelance writer living in New York City, anda used-book dealer in London at 84, Charing Cross Road. Through the years, though never meeting and separated both geographically and culturally, they share a winsome, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books. Their relationship, captured so acutely in these letters, is one that has touched the hearts of thousands of readers around the world.
"84, Charing Cross Road will beguile and put you in tune with mankind... It will provide an emollient for the spirit and sheath for the exposed nerve." --The New York Times
"A unique, throat-lumping, side-splitting treasure." --San Francisco Examiner"

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Those who have read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a novel comprised of only letters between the characters, will see how much that best-seller owes 84, Charing Cross Road. -- Medium.com

A heartwarming love story about people who love books for readers who love books

This funny, poignant classic love story showcases the power of the written word to bring people together. The story unfolds through a series of letters between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-book dealer in London at 84, Charing Cross Road. Through the years, though never meeting and separated both geographically and culturally, they share a winsome, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books. Their relationship, captured so acutely in these letters, is one that has touched the hearts of thousands of readers around the world and was the basis for the film starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft.


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mrkoffee , January 02, 2012
I read this correspondence between the author and the staff at Marks and Co. in one sitting. I learned a lot (I never knew meat and eggs were so hard to come by in England even well into the 1950s), but mostly I just deepened my already profound love of books. (I'll never read an ebook again without feeling a little twinge of guilt!) Highly recommended for anyone who loves books.

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KristinaMN , December 11, 2011 (view all comments by KristinaMN)
This very readable collection of letters between a broke playwright and screenwriter and a small bookshop in London, bridging two decades (1949-1969), will appeal to bibliophiles everywhere. Historical references to rationing in England after WWII and other details ground the letters in the time period, but they actually resemble an email correspondence of today in many ways. Hanff's humor and warmth, and the friendships she develops with the booksellers she has never met, remind us that books have the power not only to inform, entertain, and persuade us, but to connect us to each other, as well.

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Shannon Bodenstein , September 21, 2011 (view all comments by Shannon Bodenstein)
When I first picked up this thin little book 15 years ago, I couldn't imagine getting much out of it. Boy, was I wrong! In relatively brief letters back and forth between New York and London, you get the feel for English bookshops, mid-century Manhattan, the life of a freelance writer living hand to mouth. Her words are funny, touching, and so descriptive in so few words. A complete joy to read.

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Kristen M , May 26, 2010 (view all comments by Kristen M)
This is a collection of letters between New Yorker Hanff and the employees of the Marks and Co. bookstore in London, especially with one Frank Doel. For twenty years, Hanff orders old and rare books from London and becomes friends with Doel, his co-workers and his family. She sends them care-packages of meat and eggs when they are suffering through rations after WWII. She sends friends to visit the bookstore when they travel abroad. But unfortunately Hanff is never able to save enough money to take her own trip to England to meet these friends. This is a very short book, only 97 pages, but it is so incredibly sweet and funny that it is worth the time reading it. It gives insight into some everyday lives that we otherwise would never know about.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780140143508
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
10/01/1990
Publisher:
PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE
Pages:
112
Height:
.30IN
Width:
5.46IN
Thickness:
.50
Age Range:
18 and up
Grade Range:
13 and up
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1990
Series Volume:
143
UPC Code:
2800140143500
Author:
Helene Hanff
Author:
Helene Hanff
:
Marks & Co
Subject:
Intellectual life
Subject:
Hanff, Helene - Correspondence
Subject:
Hanff, helene, 1916-1997
Subject:
Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
Subject:
London
Subject:
Biography-Literary
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Subject:
London (england)
Subject:
Booksellers and bookselling

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