84 Charing Cross Road

　　
　 　店外陳列了幾架書，開門進去前，我先站在外頭假裝隨意翻閱幾本書，好讓自己看起來像是若無其事地逛書店。一走進店內，暄囂全被關在門外。一陣古書的陳舊 氣味撲鼻而來。我實在不知該怎麼形容：那是一種混雜著黴味兒、長年積塵的氣息，加上牆壁、地板散發的木頭香........店內左手邊有張書桌，坐著一位 年約五十、長著一只霍加斯式鼻子的男士。他站起身來，操著北方口音對我說：「日安。」我回答說我只是隨意逛逛，而他則有禮地說：「請。」
　　
　　極目所見全是書架－高聳直扺到天花板的深色的古老書架，橡木架面經過漫長歲月的洗禮，雖已褪色仍逕放光芒。接著是擺放畫片的專區：另一邊還放著幾疊迷人的古舊畫刊......

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　　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.

　　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.

　　She died in 1997.