Democratic presidential nomination in 1960.

84, Charing Cross Road spans a twenty-year period, incidentally chronicling events abroad, such as Winston Churchill's 1951 election in London and the U.S. Her admiration for the professor fueled her pursuit of classic literature, resulting in the inquiries comprising this work.

Professor 'Q,' as he is called, became the catalyst for Hanff's letter writing. The relationship began as Hanff delved into the work of a professor at Cambridge University. Woolf, Virginia – The Common Reader (2 vols) (1932)Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.84, Charing Cross Road, published in 1970, is constructed from a collection of correspondence between the author and a London bookseller, Frank Doel. The Lives of – John Donne – Sir Henry Wotton – Richard Hooker – George Herbert & Robert Sanderson Sterne, Laurence, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, (1759) Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw : A Correspondence / The Shaw – Terry Letters : A Romantic Correspondence Pepys, Samuel – Pepys Diary – 4 Volume Braybrook ed. Plato – Four Socratic dialogues (Oxford pr.) (1903) Ouiller-Couch, Arthur The Oxford Book Of English Verse Ouiller-Couch, Arthur , Oxford Book of English Prose Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin– “‘Idea of a University” (18) Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education. Memoirs of (Louis the) Duke de Saint-Simon – trans. Latin Vulgate Bible / Latin Vulgate New Testament Landor, Walter Savage – Vol II of The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor (1876) – Imaginary Conversations Johnson, Samuel, On Shakespeare, 1908, Intro by Walter Raleigh Hazlitt – Selected Essays Of William Hazlitt 1778 To 1830, Nonesuch Press edition. Grahame, Kenneth – Wind in the Willows (w/Shepherd illus.) The Sir Roger De Coverley Papersĭonne, John – Complete Sermons (p.78 – FPD says the sermons an only be found in the 40-vol. by Leonard Smithers–HH not a fan as the translators “cleaned up” the language)Ĭhaucer – Canterbury Tales (“a modern English version, not Old English or Anglo-Saxon”) (translated by Hill, published by Longmans 1934)ĭe Tocqueville – Journey to America (1831-32)ĭobson, Austen ed. I compiled this list from two sources:Īusten, Jane – Pride and Prejudice (1813)īeowulf (mentioned, but no interest in reading)Ĭatullus – Loeb classic edition (Latin text verse trans. She was, however, a devourer of English literature, as this list of the books she ordered from Frank Doel and Marks and Co., between 19 attests. Helene Hanff never read fiction, saying that “ I never can get interested in things that didn’t happen to people who never lived.”

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