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Book Title: | The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street |
Author: | Helene Hanff |
ISBN-13: | 9780062442185 |
Publication: | Harper Perennial |
Edition: | Reissue edition (30 September 2016) |
When she s invited to London for the English publication of her wildly successful book, 84 Charing Cross Road in which she shares two decades of correspondence with Frank Doel, a British bookseller who became a dear friend New York writer Helene Hanff is thrilled to realize a lifelong dream. The trip will be bittersweet, because she can t help wishing Frank was still alive, but she s determined to capture every moment of the journey.Helene s time in London exceeds her wildest expectations. She visits landmarks like Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle; explores Shakespeare s favorite pub, Dickens s house and the Oxford University courtyard where John Donne used to walk and makes a host of new friends from all walks of life, who take her to the theater, introduce her to institutions like Harrod s and share with her their favorite corners of countryside.A love letter to England and its literary heritage, written by a Manhattanite who isn t afraid to speak her mind (or tell a British barman how to make a real American martini), the Duchess of Bloomsbury Street is an endearing account of two wildly different worlds colliding; it s an outsider s witty, vibrant portrait of idiosyncratic British culture at its best, as well as a profound commentary about the written word s power to sustain us, transport us and unite us..
Biographies & Autobiographies
Paperback
English
160 pages
006244218X
30 Sep 2016
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