- American Authors, Biography, Booksellers and bookselling, Correspondence
It all began with a letter inquiring about second-hand books, written by Helene Hanff in New York, and posted to a bookshop at 84, Charing Cross Road in London. As Helene's sarcastic and witty letters are responded to by the stodgy and proper bookshop employee Frank Doel, a relationship blossoms into a warm and charming long-distance friendship lasting many years.
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Warm, intimate, character-led and contemplative.
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Helene Hanff
- First published
- 1970
- Pages
- 120
- Publisher
- De Harmonie, Anagrama, Hoffmann und Campe
- Editions
- 38
- Language
- Spanish, Dutch, English, French
- ISBN
- 9788433960160
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Helene Hanff (April 15, 1916 – April 9, 1997) was an American writer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is best known as the author of the book *84, Charing Cross Road,* which became the basis for a stage play, television play, and film of the same name. She wrote 5 other books for an adult audience and a total of 13 books for a younger audience.
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