mrs palfrey at the claremont by elizabeth taylor

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Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece - Robert McCrum * 'the 100 best novels', Guardian * Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Much of the reader's joy lies in the exquisite subtlety in Taylor's depiction of all the relationships, the sharp brevity of her wit, and the apparently effortless way the plot unfolds. Palfrey at the Claremont Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Hofmann (Introduction) 4.01 8,159 ratings1,197 reviews Want to read Kindle 9.99 Rate this book On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs. As a writer I've returned to her too - in awe of her achievements, and trying to work out how she does it - Sarah Waters Jane Austen, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Pym, Elizabeth Bowen - soul-sisters all * Anne Tyler * Elizabeth Taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar English life facing the changes taking shape in the 60s. Palfrey, an elegant, genteel widow, came from Scotland to London to take up residence at the Claremont Hotel. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over. Her world is totally absorbing - Antonia Fraser Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. A near fine copy (ownership name dated 1972) in a near fine, slightly spine-faded dust jacket.A funny and honest examination of the casual cruelty we can sometimes inflict upon each other * DAILY MAIL * The unsung heroine of British twentieth-century fiction * REBECCA ABRAMS, NEW STATESMAN * How skilfully and with what peculiar exhilaration she negotiated the minefield of the human heart * JONATHAN KEATES * A wonderful novelist * JILLY COOPER * She's a magnificent and underrated mid-20th-century writer, the missing link between Jane Austen and John Updike - David Baddiel * Independent * One of the most underrated novelists of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor writes with a wonderful precision and grace. In 2021, Geoff Dyer wrote a review of the novel for the New York Times Book Review entitled, 'Was Elizabeth Taylor the Best British Novelist of the Postwar Era?' This Booker shortlisted novel was made into a memorable film starring acclaimed British actor Dame Joan Ann Plowright, the Baroness Olivier, the widow of Laurence Olivier.

Much of the reader's joy lies in the exquisite subtlety in Taylor's depiction of all the relationships, the sharp brevity of her wit, and the apparently effortless way the plot unfolds'-Robert McCrum, from the Guardian list of the 100 best novels.

'Elizabeth Taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar English life facing the changes taking shape in the 60s.

Mrs palfrey at the claremont by elizabeth taylor