diff --git a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php
index 6aafb52..1ba4e6a 100644
--- a/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php
+++ b/src/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelper.php
@@ -100,11 +100,16 @@ class SharedStringsHelper
                 // removes nodes that should not be read, like the pronunciation of the Kanji characters
                 $cleanNode = $this->removeSuperfluousTextNodes($node);
 
-                // find all text nodes 't'; there can be multiple if the cell contains formatting
+                // find all text nodes "t"; there can be multiple if the cell contains formatting
                 $textNodes = $cleanNode->xpath('//ns:t');
 
                 $textValue = '';
-                foreach ($textNodes as $textNode) {
+                foreach ($textNodes as $nodeIndex => $textNode) {
+                    if ($nodeIndex !== 0) {
+                        // add a space between each "t" node
+                        $textValue .= ' ';
+                    }
+
                     if ($this->shouldPreserveWhitespace($textNode)) {
                         $textValue .= $textNode->__toString();
                     } else {
@@ -200,6 +205,8 @@ class SharedStringsHelper
     {
         $tagsToRemove = [
             'rPh', // Pronunciation of the text
+            'pPr', // Paragraph Properties / Previous Paragraph Properties
+            'rPr', // Run Properties for the Paragraph Mark / Previous Run Properties for the Paragraph Mark
         ];
 
         foreach ($tagsToRemove as $tagToRemove) {
diff --git a/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelperTest.php b/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelperTest.php
index a72d19a..31f9c71 100644
--- a/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/Spout/Reader/XLSX/Helper/SharedStringsHelperTest.php
@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@ class SharedStringsHelperTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $sharedStringsHelper->cleanup();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetStringAtIndexShouldWorkWithStringsContainingTextAndHyperlinkInSameCell()
+    {
+        $resourcePath = $this->getResourcePath('one_sheet_with_shared_strings_containing_text_and_hyperlink_in_same_cell.xlsx');
+        $sharedStringsHelper = new SharedStringsHelper($resourcePath);
+
+        $sharedStringsHelper->extractSharedStrings();
+
+        $sharedString = $sharedStringsHelper->getStringAtIndex(0);
+        $this->assertEquals('go to https://github.com please', $sharedString);
+
+        $sharedStringsHelper->cleanup();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return void
      */
diff --git a/tests/resources/xlsx/one_sheet_with_shared_strings_containing_text_and_hyperlink_in_same_cell.xlsx b/tests/resources/xlsx/one_sheet_with_shared_strings_containing_text_and_hyperlink_in_same_cell.xlsx
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