Such as lover's whisper - Helene Hanf, "84 Charing Cross Street"

84 Charing Cross Street is a collection of letters. One of the main letter writers was Helena, an unmarried Miss in her 30s. Humphrey, another letter writer, was Frank, a british bookstore clerk who ran old books. Del, has a wife and children.

Helena is a freelance writer with a modest and unfixed income. Perhaps because American books were too expensive to sell, or perhaps because the binding design of American books was not satisfactory, Helena wrote to the British used book bookstore she saw in the advertisement, hoping to buy some books she wanted at a reasonable price. I don't want this to start a book relationship with Frank for 20 years.

At first, Helena was still a little polite, but soon she wrote letters in a relaxed and cute chat tone, casually chatting about things around her, thinking in her heart, and even lying about it.

Frank, on the other hand, remained largely a Gentleman of England, replying to the letters in more formal terms, only years later changing the title to "Dear Helena," perhaps because, as he puts it, because the letters were job-related and needed to be archived in the store.

The letter records the living conditions of the people at that time. For example, in 1949, Frank's domestic supply was very tight, and the food was rationed. The supply of side foods in the United States should be more abundant and cheap, so Helena sent Frank a lot of food, such as ham, eggs (what is a dried egg?). ), canned beef tongue, and even stockings that seemed extravagant at the time.

By '52, Britain's economic situation should have improved significantly, and Frank had poured out his money to buy an old car. The September 1953 letter stated that food rationing had been abolished.

Frank mentioned in the letter that if you had not mentioned it in the letter, the young people in the store would not have known that britain had "occupied" the United States. It can be seen that the historical knowledge of young people after the war is a little pitiful, or perhaps the British government deliberately weakened the history of colonization that had failed.

Such correspondence lasted for almost 20 years, until early 1969, when Helena received frank's obituary from the bookstore.

During these 20 years, Helena and Frank had developed a special friendship, perhaps a relationship, but Helena had never been to England to meet Frank, even if Frank and the rest of the bookstore had warmly invited him many times, because of financial constraints, as Helena said, or because of something else?

She must have had special feelings and painful memories in her heart, so it was difficult to sleep after receiving the obituary. It was later decided to compile their correspondence into a book that touched thousands of readers and was made into a movie.

Today, 84 Charing Street has become a famous attraction, and countless book lovers and readers have come here to experience the unspeakable love between Helena and Frank with their hearts.

The feelings that had never been met before, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, read from the words and lines, seemed to be next to Helena, she seemed to be chatting with the big yellow dog next to her about interesting or uninteresting topics, and only the most considerate friends had the right to listen to this nagging.