The person who knows you best is thousands of miles away, but has never met in your life.

Dewayne 2022-12-21 13:45:14

?Picture 1: Frank's one-day trip with his wife and daughter, and a question and answer with his youngest daughter. Frank is too cute. He still gave me a more serious and serious feeling in the book, and this small clip enriched my perception of his personality.

?Picture 2: Hailian wrote in the letter: My precious dentist gave me a month's leave, but he happily took his wife on his honeymoon. I paid for the travel expenses. Because of the high cost of the dentist, Hailian's plan to go to London was postponed, and the movie stopped for about half a minute of silent scenes, which made Frank's loneliness after receiving the letter even more profound.

?Picture 3: A small clip from the movie: A woman walks into a bookstore, looking for the books she wants, and Frank walks out. From the smile that overflowed when she learned that this woman was also an American, to the turbulent demeanor when she was sure that she was not Hailian, it was really meaningful. This friendship is very special, and I don't want to speculate, for fear of spoiling its beauty.

?Picture 4: There are about two or three scenes of Frank eating with his wife Nora in the movie, and the most they can say is this sentence "It's delicious, it's delicious". Recalling a very impressive passage in the book, Nora wrote to Helena after Frank's death: Frank and I are indeed two very different people, he is always gentle and patient; and because of my Irish Born, my temper is stubborn and stubborn. Life is such a trick, he used to always try to teach me from the book...I miss him so much now.

?Picture 5: After 20 years of correspondence through ordering books and periodicals, the care and friendship generated by book lovers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is touching. I think of "Kojima Bookstore" that I read some time ago, and I use the words of my vulgar little head: Books provide topics for communication, and books make each other better and closer.

?Picture 6: Letter from the secretary to Helian: Frank died of acute appendicitis. Until the end, Frank failed to meet Hailian without warning! Separation of life and death is the norm, only emotion is eternal, and life is endless.

?Picture 7: What the book didn't mention: Hailian sold an old book to make enough money, and went to Mark & ​​Cohen's bookstore: an empty bookstore, old bookcases, a few sheets scattered on the ground in Frank's office manuscript. Even if the glory of the past no longer exists, "I am here, I am finally here".

84 Charing Cross Road
8.6
Helene Hanff / 2002 / Times Publishing

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  • Erling 2022-04-21 09:03:52

    So touching. It's not about love, but it's so romantic. Two people who never knew each other had a deep bond because of their love for books. The thriving America is in stark contrast to the post-war economic decline of Britain, but on the other hand, British classic literature is nurturing the hearts of generations. The American female writer and the British bookstore owner are to some extent a reflection of the delicate relationship between the two countries. In a modern age where electronic communication is so developed, this kind of interpersonal relationship full of beauty, deep trust and maintaining just the right distance is too desirable.

  • Daphne 2022-04-08 08:01:02

    The whole movie reminds me of my former friend, the first Wenqing in Chengdu, hey, it's a lifetime regret to lose a friend who loves books like that. Of course, he was alive and well, but he just blocked me. Sometimes I feel really annoying and I don't cherish that friendship. I have learned a lot of ways and principles of reading from him, and I want to chat more.

84 Charing Cross Road quotes

  • 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.

  • Taxi Driver: Where to luv?

    Helene Hanff: 84 Charing Cross Road.