![]() ![]() The phrase antiquarian book-sellers scares me somewhat, as I. “A unique, throat-lumping, side-splitting treasure. Your ad in the Saturday Review of Literature says that you specialize in out-of-print books. ![]() “ 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 For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London bookseller carried on an increasingly touching correspondence. 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 is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. ![]() 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. Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. 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, and a used-book dealer in London at 84, Charing Cross Road. 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. 84, Charing Cross Road By: Helene Hanff Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat, John Franklyn-Robbins Length: 1 hr and 55 mins 4.7 (845 ratings) Try for 0.00 Prime member exclusive: pick 2 free titles with trial. ![]()
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