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Author: Helene Hanff

Publisher: Penguin Books

Binding: paperback

Language: English

Page: 112

Size: 12.8 x 0.7 x 19.7 cm

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84. Charing Cross Road, 84 Charing Cross Street, a collection of letters known as the "Bible of book lovers", records the relationship between New York female writer Hailian Hanff and frank del, a bookseller of Max and Cohen bookstore in London; It has been translated into dozens of languages and spread, and it is also loved by radio, stage and screen. The address of the bookstore, 84 Charing Cross Street, has become a secret sign among book lovers around the world. For more than 30 years, people read it, write it and play it. In this legend, they greet and warm each other.

In the love letter between Beijing and Seattle, "No. 84 Charing Cross Street" has become a key element of the film. Wu Xiubo and Tang Wei took the book as evidence and became acquainted with the book.

84. Charing Cross Road 84 Charing Cross Street was written by the famous writer Helen Hanff in 1970. After World War II, the poor Hailian couldnt stand the expensive and vulgar antique bookstore in New York, so she wrote a letter to Max and Cohen bookstore at 84 Charing Cross Street in London (later described as a "Dickens era bookstore" by Helens friends sent to London for reconnaissance) according to the address on Saturday literary review, I want to buy some old books. This day is October 5, 1949.

Soon the reply and the books she asked for came, which dwarfed Helens bookshelf. The trust and joy between the two sides were quickly reached. Except that Helen had a little trouble, she was a woman who couldnt even figure out the bill and change, let alone convert pounds into dollars. Frank del, the manager of Max and Cohen bookstore, not only met her requirements for books, but also prepared invoices in pounds and dollars. With the help of warm and eloquent letters, they soon captured Helen and frank across the ocean.

In the early 1950s, Britain was awash with waste and implemented a rationing system. Helen sent ham, eggs and sausages from the United States to the bookstore clerks to let them eat "complete and large" meat they had not seen for a long time. Frank is not an ungrateful person. He began to travel around the UK, go in and out of luxury houses, buy new products for bookstores with small inventory, break iron shoes and find rare rare books for her. As the days passed, letters became the constant narration in their quiet and flowing life.

Helen didnt want to go to the bookstore in London to see Frank. She finally had her own savings, and the Queens accession to the throne reduced the cost of going to Britain. It seemed possible, but her teeth forced her to stay in New York. She had to write to Frank: "Im with my teeth, but the dentist is on his honeymoon. I paid for his marriage..."

Frank had to bless her and Queen Elizabeth who had just ascended the throne.

Buy books and write letters.

On this day, Helen received a reply three months later. She was told that Frank died of illness on December 22, 1968.

Helen rushed to 84 Charing Cross Street at once. It was twenty years since she first wrote to marks bookstore, which was about to be demolished.

She smiled and said to the empty bookstore, "Im here, frank, Im here at last."