Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont
Taylor, Elizabeth, 1912-19752013
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On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel, where she will spend the rest of her days. She encounters the handsome young writer, Ludo, and learns that even the old can fall in love. On a rainy Sunday afternoon, Mrs Palfrey, recently widowed, arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Her fellow residents are a mixed bunch - magnificently flawed and eccentric - living off crumbs of affection and an obsessive interest in the relentless round of hotel meals. Together, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin enemies: boredom and the Grim Reaper. And then one day, Mrs Palfrey encounters the hadsome young writer Ludo, and an unlikely friendship is formed . . .
Main title:
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont / Elizabeth Taylor ; introduced by Paul Bailey.
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Imprint:
London : Virago, 2013.
Collation:
193 pages ; 21 cm.
Series:
Virago modern classics
Notes:
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 1971.
ISBN:
9781844089338 (hbk)
Dewey class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2024962