set in world depression era prague and this be the story of an ambitious store clerk who be fall in love with a mystery woman with whom he have exchange romantic letter and only to discover that the mystery woman be none other than the sale girl from his shop and who seem to be constantly bicker with the colleague . add a little twist ( the owner be convince that his favorite employee stewart be have an affair with the owner wife ) and leave stewart briefly fire and along with an admission that the sale girl liked stewart all along and the happy end be inevitable . although very dated ( reference to poverty and i have a wife and two kid to consider be over used and along with the indication that many small object of pleasure and like a musical cigar box and be out of reach for common people enjoyment ) and this film be much more effective ( and more credible ) than the 1990s re make you have get mail . in the re make star tom hank and meg ryan and the actual odds of the chain of event be so unbelievable that the viewer intelligence be grossly offend . shop around the corner be an innocent stroll down memory lane into a less complicated and less hectic and and more romantic time and place know a a novelist utopia . lover of classic romantic comedy will enjoy this picture .