'Elizabeth Taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel post-war English life facing the changes taking shape in the sixties. Then one day Mrs Palfrey strikes up an unlikely friendship with an impoverished young writer, Ludo, who sees her as inspiration for his novel. Palfrey at the Claremont Paperback Decemby Elizabeth Taylor (Author), Michael Hofmann (Introduction) 3,555 ratings Part of: VMC Designer Collection (18 books) See all formats and editions Kindle 0.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 22.19 4 Used from 9.57 14 New from 12. Together, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin enemies: boredom and the Grim Reaper. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip. On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. 'Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabath Bowen - soul-sisters all' ANNE TYLER Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (Omnibus) Home This programme is not currently available The recently widowed Laura Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel on the Cromwell. 'An author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth' SARAH WATERS 'Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece' ROBERT McCRUM, GUARDIAN Palfrey (Joan Plowright) moves to London with the hope of gaining her independence and seeing her grandson.
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