Just a quick re-read of an old classic favourite of mine before going to bed last night. If there's anyone out there that hasn't read it, please do; it's excellent. Can anyone recommend the Bancroft/Hopkins adaptation?
If you haven't read 84, Charing Cross Road then you MUST GO READ IT IMMEDIATELY. I had never even heard of this book or this author until I read the review of it in SF where my interest was piqued. The book consists of letters sent between Helene who lived in New York and a man named Frank Doel who ...
A heart-warming epistolary novel, full of tips of the hat to booklovers. Whilst being neither groundbreaking nor insignificant, it definitely is an enjoyable and relaxing read.
The fact that this whole story did happen in reality was something so overwhelming that nothing else mattered much. Though they had shared everything through letters yet the only regret for me was that Helene and Frank could not meet in person till the end. I loved Helene's sense of humor. I liked h...
84, Charing Cross Road is a slim collection of letters sent between Helene Hanff, a New Yorker working on the Ellery Queen TV show, and Marks & Co., a London shop that sold used/rare books. It's the slangy, sarcastic, informal American vs. the proper, reserved Brits, with humor and goodwill on both ...
If it isn't 5 stars, it is very nearly, so I'm rounding up.What a delightful book this was! Even better, I should think, curled up in an armchair or a window seat with a cup of tea. It has that feel to it.A letter inquiring about books to be bought led to a friendship spanning two countries and twen...
Marvelous, simply marvelous! It warmed my heart. This charming and informative book is a collection of letters Helene Hanff, a writer from New York, exchanged with Frank Doel, an employee of a secondhand bookstore in London. Their correspondence started in 1949, as a request for a rare book, and con...
Well, I just loved this book. Loved in a way that made me want to hug it when I finished it. My edition contains both 84 Charing Cross Road and The Dutchess of Bloomsbury Street - I don't know if this is standard or not, but the two feel like they ought to be part I and part II of the same book. ...
I close this book with a sigh of regret that it is over. It was a short book that held enclosed in its pages much emotion. I enjoyed learning of the books that interested Helene. I fell in love with Frank and all the staff at the shop. The letters made the content so much more intimate. Frank and He...
I just reread this for the millionth time, because I always reread this when I find myself reading a book that turns out to be eminently hateable. There are books I can rely on to make me happy, and this is one of them.This is the book that taught me about the lean years in England after World War I...
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