Joe and Kathleen live in the same area, the communicate through the Internet, using names "NY152" and "Shopgirl". But at the same time, they are also business rivals and competitors. Kathleen owns and runs a small, family bookstore called "The Shop Around the Corner." It is a popular children's bookstore and the people that work there are knowledgeable and kind. But, just around the block, Fox is building a giant mega-bookstore called Fox & Sons Books, and he is determined to wipe out any competition. Kathleen is optimistic, knowing that her loyal customers will continue to come to her store, but the other employees of "The Shop Around the Corner" know that Fox's discounts will surely drive the buyers to his store.

Joe and Kathleen meet, first in her bookstore and then at a social gathering, where she learns who he is. They are immediately disgusted by each other, not because of appearance but because of attitude. Joe is planning on wiping out the small, family enterprise, which Kathleen finds horrible, while Joe thinks Kathleen is snotty and... a bitch.

But, over email, they are in love with each other. It's just that neither of them know it yet.

Joe和Kathleen同生活和工作在紐約的西北區(qū)，同在一家商店購物，又同在一處買咖啡，而且還同延著一條街道散步。Joe和他做書籍編輯的女友共同生活，而Kathleen則與她做報紙專欄作家的男友在一起。他們都對自己的生活及愛情感到滿意，直到兩人在網(wǎng)絡(luò)聊天室相識并且開始電子郵件往來。

計算機兩端的陌生男女分別用NY152和Shopgirl的筆名傾訴著除了真實身份以外的生活中的一切。漸漸地，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上的友情升華成相互的愛慕之情。同時作為?？怂箷鴺I(yè)的最新連鎖店也開張了，的確有緣，新的書店距Kathleen的“角落書店”僅幾街區(qū)之遙。由于實力強大，?？怂箷暧袃r格折扣，有詳細的圖書目錄，而且還提供咖啡飲用。競爭使得Kathleen的小店面臨倒閉的邊緣。

Kathleen的書店是由母親那一代繼承下來的，并且已經(jīng)是社區(qū)的一部分?？吹?0多年來的心血即將毀滅，Kathleen向NY152這個未曾謀面，卻又十分信賴的知己傾訴心中的感慨。意外的獲悉知己女友的身份，使得Joe越發(fā)為真實生活中的Kathleen所吸引，但是他要如何在那個熱情、詼諧、善良的“Shopgirl”和對他及他的書店充滿恨意的Kathleen之間周旋？ 他要如何表露自己的真實身份卻又不失去她？他們該相見嗎？

英文預(yù)告：

經(jīng)典臺詞：

Joe: I bet you read that book every year. I bet you just love that Mr. Darcy and your sentimental heart just beats wildly at the thought that he and, well, you know whatever her name is, are truly honestly going to end up together.
喬：我敢說這本書你每年都要讀。我敢說你一定愛上了那位達西先生，你善感的心靈一想起他就狂跳不已，還有，你知道她叫什么名字的，最終一定會和他走到一起。

Kathleen: The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet. She is one of the greatest and most complex characters ever written, not that you would know.
凱瑟琳：《傲慢與偏見》的女主人翁是伊麗莎白貝納特，她是小說作品中最偉大、最復(fù)雜的角色之一，你不會知道的。

Joe: As a matter of fact, I've read it.
喬：事實上我已經(jīng)拜讀。

Kathleen: Oh, well, good for you.
凱瑟琳：噢，是嘛，對你有好處。

Joe: I think you'll discover a lot of things if you really knew me.
喬：我想如果你真的了解我，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)很多很多東西。

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