{"product_id":"84-charing-cross-road-isbn-9780140143508","title":"84, Charing Cross Road","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Such a delightful reading experience . . . During Covid . . . everything was so chaotic and weird and depressing and lonely, and that book felt like the antidote to all of that.” —Virginia Evans, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Correspondent\u003c\/i\u003e, on \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003epodcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartwarming love story about people who love books for readers who love books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.“I loved it and was so moved by it. . . . It was such a delight.” —\u003cb\u003eVirginia Evans, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Correspondent\u003c\/i\u003e, on the podcast \u003ci\u003eTotally Booked with Zibby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A real-life love story . . . A timeless period piece. Do read it.” \u003cb\u003e―\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Those who have read \u003ci\u003eThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel comprised of only letters between the characters, will see how much that bestseller owes \u003ci\u003e84, Charing Cross Road\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003cb\u003eMedium.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003e84, Charing Cross Road\u003c\/i\u003e] will beguile an hour of your time and put you in tune with mankind. . . . It will provide an emollient for the spirit and a sheath for the exposed nerve.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A unique, throat-lumping, side-splitting treasure.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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 \u003ci\u003e84, Charing Cross Road\u003c\/i\u003e, London.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (London)\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelene Hanff\u003c\/b\u003e (1915–1997) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1940s and ’50s she wrote plays and television scripts in New York City, but found little success until her best-known book, \u003ci\u003e84, Charing Cross Road\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1970. The book was a smash hit and has been adapted for the radio, stage, film, and television.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299894218981,"sku":"NP9780140143508","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140143508.jpg?v=1767720277","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/84-charing-cross-road-isbn-9780140143508","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}