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84, Charing Cross Road (Hardcover)

by Helene Hanff (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 104 pages
  • Publisher: Moyer Bell Ltd ,U.S.; New Ed edition (1 Jul 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1559211407
  • ISBN-13: 978-1559211406
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 14.8 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 462,876 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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It all began with a letter enquiring about second-hand books, written by Helene Hanff in New York, and posted to a bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road, London. As Helene's sarcastic and witty letters are responded to by the stodgy and proper Frank Doel of 84 Charing Cross Road, a relationship blossoms into a warm, charming, feisty love affair. We follow, in her subsequent letters and in the shop's responses, the trial of one woman;s idiosyncratic path through English literature. Along the way, as Anne Bancroft notes in her introduction, our enjoyment in sharing. Hanff's literary eduction is deepened by the human story her letters tell as she grows ever fonder of her bookselling friends across the ocean.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Better than reading someone's diary, 16 April 2009
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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Like many people I saw a movie first. Naturally due to media constraints, you expect certain amount of the book to be homogenized. So I wanted to read what was missing. To my amazement very little was missing or modified. I don't normally read this sort of book. So I was surprised at finding myself wanting more when it finished.

Also until I read the book I did not realize that Charing Cross Road was a real place. The whole book is based on a collection of correspondence between Helene Hanff, an avid book reader, and Frank Doel an agent for British bookseller.

My wife has taken this one step further and is collecting all the books that were mentioned in the correspondence. Some of these books appear to have been reprinted due to this publication.

If you can find it there is a book called "The Library of Helene Hanff."
I wonder what became of all the other people described in the correspondents after the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly Charming, 4 Aug 2008
By Graceann Macleod "Books Fuel My Life" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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Thank goodness this book is so short, because I could not put it down until I had read every last word. What a delightful little read, and how desperately I wanted to be a part of that book shop, and then Helene's little apartment. Not to be missed. Follow it up with the lovely film starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins.
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