84 Charing Cross Street

This book is very warm, and the correspondence between Helen and Frank makes people feel the true friendship. I particularly hate the person who never sends a book to Hai Lian. He is so unreliable! This reminds me of Harold in "A Man's Pilgrimage", who also made many friends during the journey. But "84 Charing Cross" is a bit more light-hearted and less sad. Overall, this is a book worth reading and recommended to friends who like warm stories.

Today, when physical books are disappearing day by day, even when I read this book, I read it electronically rather than in paper form, which is a bit regretful. I also yearn for the relationship built up in the book through correspondence and reading for twenty years. I think of the surprise of accidentally finding a good book in a bookstore in that era before being invaded by electronics. Unlike now, you have to read the ratings and understand the content before reading to avoid being surprised. There are so many choices to choose from. Instead, you lose the unknown joy and the lingering aftertaste after reading. By the way, when faced with the postscript, which occupies one-third of the book, about never-married life, and about love, I was really offended by your vulgar comments with excessive self-awareness.

I have to admit that this is the closest I have come to the noble virtues in British culture (although I haven't finished reading it yet, of course, the more words in this book, the more words are in my heart). At the same time, I feel the truth, goodness and beauty in each letter. I believe this is very helpful in shaping my ability to feel love, which is really precious. Although it is just a collection of words, the simple words convey emotions and are so powerful in the reader's imagination of the pictures and sounds! ! [Love][laugh] It really lives up to its reputation! ("The Book Lover's Bible")

I searched online and found that it is an epistolary novel. But the main text here is only one page, and the following is full of interpretations, so it should be missing. But just reading the interpretation behind it is quite emotional. It is a romance that only belongs to scholars. I hope that one day I can visit the holy place of No. 84 Charing Cross Street😊😊

"If you happen to be passing by 84 Charing Cross Street, Please give her a kiss for me, I owe her a lot..."

Helen Hanff and the clerk in the bookstore have completely different personalities, but they are both kind-hearted people who love books, so they have such a unique bond. Hailian was poor and unmarried, and spent most of her life pursuing and exploring the book world she loved. Her true nature and stubborn temper were precisely because she loved books and did not allow others to blaspheme what she loved. But loving books does not mean that she is suitable for writing books. She did not have many masterpieces in her life, and she was more like a reader than an author. But it doesn't mean that she really has no talent, it's just that what she loves more is not writing but reading. Her generous and mutually beneficial personality is evident on the page. From the words, it seems that she is a person with a carefree personality and a book-loving person. Reading can be a lifelong hobby.

"If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Street, please give her a kiss for me. I owe her a lot..." This is Helene's affectionate confession to Max and Cohen Bookstore. It is her gratitude to Frank and other "good people" who have worked tirelessly for her for twenty years to find ancient books and her apology for not being able to thank her in person. It is also her reluctance and nostalgia for that period of letters. Nowadays, Marks and Cohen Bookstore has disappeared with the passage of time, but No. 84 Charing Cross Street is still synonymous with the beauty of the world. It has witnessed the most sincere and deepest friendship between strangers across the ocean. They are connected by books and travel because of love. It is also the ideal type of all bibliophiles, carrying the hope of "neighbors as far apart as the world". It will never be an unreachable idealistic utopia. It has truly existed, and I believe it will always exist. She exists in the spiritual world of every book lover, in the heart of every person who loves life and believes in beauty. She will always be there, just waiting for us to discover, feel, and treasure.

This is my first time reading a novel in letter form. These letters allow me to feel their sincerity and kindness across time. I was moved by the sincere friendship between Helen and the shop assistants at No. 84 Charing Cross Street. It's friendship, and it's a close friend.

Time was suspended by sincere letters.

Exchanging letters is really a very romantic way. However, it is really sad that Mr. Frank passed away. In the end, Miss Helian didn't have enough money to go to London, which was really heartbreaking.

I read it in one sitting and fell in love with this book more and more! The whole book is just some correspondence, but it also pieced together this heart-warming story with regrets. While reading, I deeply felt the charm of good translation. Although it is foreign literature, with the blessing of translation, the barriers between different national cultures are directly broken. Even time and distance have to be defeated. The bookstore at 84 Charing Street Cross Road seems to be not far away, still running daily, waiting for me to visit. This amazing translation made me deeply attracted by it. The sentence "There are many rare books on the shelf, and all the beautiful volumes are contained in the box" directly controlled me. I stopped and exclaimed that this is such a good translation! This is the top Xinyada! The emotions in the book also poured out. Along with Miss Helian, he rebuked the bad books that were translated blindly and worried about her bad teeth. Together with Frank, he thanked Miss Helian for her warm gift and looked forward to meeting one day. In the letters they exchanged, what changed along with their names and tones was their deepening friendship. What was originally a normal business exchange turned into a profound friendship that is far away, and a group of people became connected. While I was still guessing when Miss Helian would go to England and how they would meet, the news of Frank's death suddenly came. My heart stopped suddenly, and I felt suddenly powerless like an old friend. "If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Street, please give her a kiss for me. I owe her a lot..."

Is it my problem? The main text I saw was only two pages long...

Found this book because of a movie! The story is very good, neither kitsch nor far-fetched nor exaggerated. There is nothing so-called thrilling or so-called separation between life and death, but it makes people fascinated and moved by it. No matter how well the translation is done, there is no pretense of sophisticated rhetoric, and the characters are revealed naturally through each person's letters. Recommend!

"The Book Lover's Bible"

I can't stop, I still want to finish it!

A very warm book.

The content is good and the translation is good

I thought it was a novel, but I didn't expect it to be a collection of real letters. It's a pity that Miss Hanff could not go to London before Del died.

Oh my god, I still found this book! ! ! I have this book. The text is not that long. It is all letters. According to the page numbers, the text is almost 134 pages long. I don't know what is added at the end.

"If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Street, please give her a kiss for me. I owe her a lot..."

Across the Atlantic Ocean and spanning twenty years, the sincere friendship is touching [crying] [crying]

This book has the style and sentiment of "Old London meets Old York" in the 1940s and 1950s. The images of the male and female protagonists are vividly displayed on the page. After reading it, you will have a long aftertaste~~

A good book that made me see the constant warmth in the world [cry] [cry]