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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Deja 2022-04-19 09:03:17
[Books and Movies] "Frank, I'm here, and I'm here at last." - 20 years of trans-oceanic correspondence, buying and ordering books, but never seeing each other, which seems to be the night of the "last century" today Tan, in fact, we and this kind of life have only been in the past few decades; the so-called timeless, the so-called classic does not mean that it takes many years to find out, but that her classic eternity has been established since the birth of such a work. ! In fact, this movie is more suitable for watching in an environment like today, where we are not only facing disease and suffering, natural and man-made disasters, but a lack of human affection. Watching such a movie is not simply embracing the past, nor simply reminiscing about the past. Although we once had correspondence with the publishing house for a book, but now the Internet age has changed our interpersonal relationship. Putting the book into the bookcase completes the so-called reading and appreciation without the fragrance of books. Reading seems to be a luxury and a display of time. In the past, it was beneficial to read a book, chapter by chapter, chapter by chapter. It has become a dream, watching movies and reading more
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Noelia 2022-04-21 09:03:52
My head is a bloody shadow... It's clearly a placebo...
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Helene Hanff: [In cinema, watching "Brief Encounter", thinking to herself] Please write and tell me about London. I live for the day when I step off the boat-train and feel it's dirty sidewalks under my feet. I want to walk up Berkeley Square, and down Wimpole Street. And stand in St. Paul's where John Donne preached And sit on the step Elizabeth sat on when she refused to enter the Tower, and places like that. A newspaper man I know who was stationed in London during the war says that tourists go to England with preconceived notions, so they always find exactly what they are looking for. I told him I'd go looking for the England of English literature. And he said that it's there.
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Helene Hanff: You know, Frankie, you're the only soul alive who understands me!