![]() ![]() Before she knows it, in fact, she tries something else.Įlizabeth Taylor’s final and most popular novel is as unsparing as it is, ultimately, heartbreaking. Palfrey prides herself on having always known “the right thing to do,” but in this new situation she discovers that resource is much reduced. Well, she does have her grandson who works at the British Museum, and he is sure to visit any day. Palfrey to do with herself now that she has all the time in the world? Go for a walk. Elizabeth Taylors most famous novel, shortlisted for the 1975 Booker Prize, is published in VMC. who seemed to dislike female company and seldom got any other kind” serve for her fellow residents, and there is the staff, too, and they are one and all lonely. Description for Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont Hardcover. Available now There are currently no available episodes. “If it’s not nice, I needn’t stay,” she promises herself, as she settles into this haven for the genteel and the decayed. The novel follows Laura Palfrey, a widowed grandmother, as she settles into life at the Claremont, a London hotel that doubles as a home for the genteel elderly. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor Home Episodes Eleanor Bron reads Elizabeth Taylor's poignant and witty masterpiece. ![]() Palfrey moves to the Claremont Hotel in South Kensington. ![]() On a rainy Sunday afternoon in January, the recently widowed Mrs. NYRB is reprinting the last novel of Elizabeth Taylor (not that one, the other one), Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont. NYRB’s blurb: ![]()
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