这本被全球人深深钟爱的书，记录了纽约女作家海莲和一家伦敦旧书店的书商弗兰克之间的书缘情缘。双方二十年间始终未曾谋面，相隔万里，深厚情意却能莫逆于心。无论是平淡生活中的讨书买书论书，还是书信中所蕴藏的难以言明的情感，都给人以强烈的温暖和信任。这本书既表现了海莲对书的激情之爱，也反映了她对弗兰克的精神之爱。海莲的执著、风趣、体贴、率真，跳跃于一封封书信的字里行间，使阅读成为一种愉悦而柔软的经历。来往的书信被海莲汇集成此书，被译成数十种文字流传。

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.