伦敦的独立书店几近百家,堪称爱书人的天堂,其中尤以查令十字路(Charing Cross Road)最为出名,人们甚至说这条书店街比整个世界还要大。朱自清在1934年写下:“伦敦卖旧书的铺子,集中在切林克拉斯路(即查令十字路)。最大的一家要算福也尔(Foyles),在路西;新旧大楼隔着一道小街相对着,共占七号门牌,都是四层,旧大楼还带地下室—可并不是地窨子。店里按着书的性质分二十五部;地下室里满是旧 Nearly a hundred independent bookstores in London are lovers of books, most notably the Charing Cross Road, where people even say it is bigger than the rest of the world. Zhu Ziqing wrote in 1934: ”The London shop selling old books, centered on Chelin Claras (the Charlie Crossroads), the largest of which is Foyles, Small street opposite, a total of No. 7, are four floors, the old building also with basement - may not be the ground son. The store according to the nature of the book is divided into twenty-five; basement full of old