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84, Charing Cross Road
- Author
- Helene Hanff
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 24 March 2017
- Run Time
- 1 hour 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This funny, poignant, classic love story unfolds through a series of letters between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-book dealer in London at 84, Charing Cross Road. Through the years, though never meeting and separated both geographically
and culturally, they share a charming, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books. Discover the relationship that has touched the hearts of thousands of readers around the world, and was the basis for a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft.
“Those who have read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a novel comprised of only letters between the characters, will see how much that best-seller owes 84, Charing Cross Road.”—Medium.com
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Details
- Author
- Helene Hanff
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 1 hour 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 March 2017
- ISBN
- 9781501964077
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Diaries, letters and journals
Synopsis
A heartwarming love story about people who love books for readers who love booksThis funny, poignant, classic love story unfolds through a series of letters between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York City, and a used-book dealer in London at 84, Charing Cross Road. Through the years, though never meeting and separated both geographically and culturally, they share a charming, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books. Discover the relationship that has touched the hearts of thousands of readers around the world, and was the basis for a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft.“Those who have read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a novel comprised of only letters between the characters, will see how much that best-seller owes 84, Charing Cross Road.”—Medium.com
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