The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street

144 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 15 de Enero de 1995 por Moyer Bell, Distributed in North America by Publishers Group West.

ISBN:
978-1-55921-144-4
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After reading 84 Charing Cross Road, I didn't exactly want more in the same style: I wanted to know more about the characters. So, I bought all the books by Helene Hanff published after it. It fits that after publishing a collection of letters, instead of a more conventional memoir or travelogue she writes a book in diary format; nevertheless, the style is too hurried, not detailed enough, and not funny enough. The book is occasionally good, but I wish she had used her diary as a source for a more organised and better written work.

Temas

  • Hanff, Helene -- Travel -- England.
  • Americans -- England -- History -- 20th century.
  • Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
  • Booksellers and bookselling -- England.
  • England -- Description and travel.