84, Charing Cross Road is a charming record of bibliophilia, cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, an outspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained London bookseller carried on an increasingly touching correspondence. In her first letter to Marks & Co., Helene Hanff encloses a wish list, but warns, "The phrase 'antiquarian booksellers' scares me somewhat, as I equate 'antique' with expensive." Twenty days later, on October 25, 1949, a correspondent identified only as FPD let Hanff know that works by Hazlitt and Robert Louis Stevenson would be coming under separate cover. When they arrive, Hanff is ecstatic--but unsure she'll ever conquer "bilingual arithmetic." By early December 1949, Hanff is suddenly worried that the six-pound ham she's sent off to augment British rations will arrive in a kosher office. But only when FPD turns out to have an actual name, Frank Doel, does the real fun begin.
Two years later, Hanff is outraged that Marks & Co. has dared to send an abridged Pepys diary. "i enclose two limp singles, i will make do with this thing till you find me a real Pepys. THEN i will rip up this ersatz book, page by page, AND WRAP THINGS IN IT." Nonetheless, her postscript asks whether they want fresh or powdered eggs for Christmas. Soon they're sharing news of Frank's family and Hanff's career.
1949年的纽约，曼哈顿一间没有暖气的公寓里，三十三岁的穷作家海莲，偶然看到一则伦敦旧书店的广告，凭着一股莽撞劲，她开始给这个伦敦地址写信。这一写，就写了二十年。文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/1544.html
很多年后，她和这家书店的通信集，被称为“爱书人的圣经”，不断演绎。而那家书店的地址——查令十字街84号，已经成为全球爱书人之间的一个暗号。文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/1544.html
三十多年来，人们读它、写它、演它，在这段传奇里彼此问候，相互取暖。文章源自：力哥爱英语（ienglish521.com）力哥爱英语-https://ienglish521.com/1544.html
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