84, Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff First published 1970

About this book

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.

Subjects

american authors
antiquariaten
authors, american
authors, correspondence
biography
booksellers and bookselling
briefwisseling
correspondence
correspondence, reminiscences
description and travel
hanff, helene, 1916-1997
london (england), intellectual life
marks & co
mei guo wen xue
travel