In January 1969, American writer Helene Hanff Hailian lives in New York. She loves English literature, but 20 years ago, when she was young, her income was limited and she could not buy books in large quantities. She had to read several classic works in her hand repeatedly to satisfy her curiosity. By chance, she came across an ad in a magazine for a second-hand bookstore in England with books she hadn't been able to find anywhere in New York. So she managed to get in touch with Frank, the owner of the bookstore, and kept a correspondence. Slowly, the buyer-seller relationship turned into a personal exchange, in which they expressed literary views in letters, commented on literary works, and later exchanged their living conditions. Frank's letter is restrained, while Heleni's letter is straightforward and humorous. Heleni is determined to meet Frank in London, but the financial constraints make it difficult for her to do so. She finally fulfilled her promise, but it was too late: the bookstore closed immediately after Frank's death and was facing an auction.
84 Charing Cross Road movie plot
2022-04-08 08:01
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Novella 2022-04-19 09:03:17
Another movie that I have been wanting to watch for a long time on the online disk finally let me finish it: ⒈ During the viewing process, I feel that this movie is the most suitable to recommend to my sister Katelyn, who likes reading books the most, and Li and Kiki are also worth watching. Look; ⒉ I remembered her who once insisted on the Douyou exchange for about half a year and then stopped contacting her. I hope sister Kiki and I can meet at least one time smoothly, not too soon or too long; ⒊ Anthony Hopkins turned out to be British man!
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Melyssa 2022-04-21 09:03:52
People who love second-hand books can watch the film and become addicted to their eyes, but I'm sorry because I gave the original five stars, although it is very faithful to the original, and the filling of details is also very cute. Helen's self-talk is very clever (but don't be right The camera is better, or the presence of the camera is too strong), vivid. But it also shows that 84 is not so accurate in finding books. XD Anyway, this is a testimony of the deep friendship between the American prostitutes and the British prostitutes XD
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Helene Hanff: All right, that's enough Chaucer-made-easy. It has the school room smell of Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. I'm glad I read it. I liked reading about the nun who ate so dainty with her fingers she never dripped any grease on herself. I've never been able to make that claim. Wasn't anything else intrigued me much, it's just stories. Now, if Chaucer had kept a diary and told me what it was like to be a clerk in the palace of Richard lll, *that* I'd learn Old English for.
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Helene Hanff: "The reader will not credit that such things could be," Walton says somewhere or other, "but I was there and I saw it." That's for me! I'm a great lover of "I was there" books.