84 Charing Cross Road

Helene Hanff

Warner Books, 1992 - Antiquarian booksellers - 220 pages

This book is the very simple story of the love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare and secondhand books, at 84 Charing Cross Road, London'. DAILY TELEGRAPH
Told in a series of letters in 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD and then in diary form in the second part THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET, this true story has touched the hearts of thousands.

About the author

Helene Hanff wrote letters all her life as well as being the author of many books for children and articles for the New Yorker and Harper's. 84 Charing Cross Road was made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft. Hanff died in 1997.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 84 Charing Cross Road; Time Warner Paperback; Virago Modern Classics Series; Warner Books
• Author: Helene Hanff
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Warner Books, 1992
• ISBN: 0751503843, 9780751503845
• Length: 220 pages