Charing Cross Road used to be built as much from books as it was from bricks. Outside almost every shop were barrows and ad hoc shelves loaded with second-hand volumes, while the windows behind them were stuffed with anything from pulp novels to rare tooled leather bindings. Evocative photos from the 1930s show men in macs browsing beneath tired awnings, lights glowing warmly in the night-time fog.
昔日的查寧十字街(Charing Cross Road)起家於磚石建築，因書店而聲名遠揚。幾乎每家書店外都擺著手推車與特製書架，上面放著二手書，而在它們背後的櫥窗裏，各種書籍放得滿滿當當——從低俗類小說到封面壓印圖案的皮革裝訂珍版書，應有盡有。從上世紀30年代溫馨老照片中，仍可看到穿著雨衣的男士在陳舊雨篷下駐足，認真拜讀的身影，在霧霾的映襯下，夜幕下的燈光顯得暖意融融。
您已閱讀5%（587字），剩餘95%（10917字）包含更多重要資訊，訂閱以繼續探索完整內容，並享受更多專屬服務。