She was educated at The Abbey School, Reading, and worked as a governess, as a tutor and as a librarian. 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. Elizabeth Coles was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1912. Palfrey prides herself on having always known “the right thing to do,” but in this new situation she discovers that resource is much reduced. New Fiction, Non-Fiction books and Travel Guides available from Daunt Books. Palfrey at the Claremont by Taylor, Elizabeth, 1912-1975. Buy Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor from Daunt Books today. Well, she does have her grandson who works at the British Museum, and he is sure to visit any day. Palfrey at the Claremont Bookreader Item Preview. 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. On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. “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. 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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