mrs palfrey at the claremont book review

'As a writer, Taylor assiduously avoids sentimentality, even as the novel advances on its inexorable path toward death. Elizabeth Taylor's final and most popular novel is as unsparing as it is, ultimately, heartbreaking. Before she knows it, in fact, she tries something else. 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. 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. Palfrey moves to the Claremont Hotel in South Kensington. On a rainy Sunday afternoon in January, the recently widowed Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor's final and most popular novel is as unsparing as it is, ultimately, heartbreaking'-īook Synopsis A blackly humorous story of loneliness, deception, and life in old age by one of the most accomplished novelists of the twentieth century. Mrs Palfrey prides herself on having always known 'the right thing to do,' but in this new situation she discovers that resource is much reduced. 'Three elderly widows and one old man 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.

About the Book 'On a rainy Sunday afternoon in January the recently widowed Mrs.

Mrs palfrey at the claremont book review