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Helene Hanff

For twenty years, she had an ongoing correspondence with the chief buyer at a London bookstore called Marks & Co., and, after all those years, she took their correspondence and wrote a book about it called 84, Charing Cross Road, the address of the booksellers.

Pat Buckley

This character was an English friend of one of Ms. Hanff's friends and was invited to show Ms. Hanff around London.

The Colonel

This character was a fan of 84, Charing Cross Road, and worked at Heathrow Airport.

Jean Ely

This character was a friend of Ms. Hanff's from the States who she had met because of 84, Charing Cross Road.

Leo Marks and Ena Gaussen

These characters contacted Ms. Hanff soon after she arrived in London and invited her to dinner.

Reggie and Joyce Grenfell

These characters are husband and wife; the wife was an actress who was well known not only...

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