![]() ![]() 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. Palfrey at the Claremont - by Elizabeth Taylor (Paperback) 14. 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. “If it’s not nice, I needn’t stay,” she promises herself, as she settles into this haven for the genteel and the decayed. Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont : A Virago Modern Classic 4.01 (8,159 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback Virago Modern Classics English By (author) Elizabeth Taylor, Introduction by Paul Bailey US12.92 US13.95 You save US1.03 Also available in Hardback US24.76 Free delivery worldwide Available. Palfrey moves to the Claremont Hotel in South Kensington. On a rainy Sunday afternoon in January, the recently widowed Mrs. (That would be Elizabeth Taylor’s Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.) Or a new collection of old essays by the Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston, who died in 1960. 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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