โ Scribed by Elizabeth Taylor
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Paperback, 206 pages
Published 1971
Virago Modern Classics
Introduction by: Paul Bailey (1982)
Callil-Toibin 200 Best Novels (1950-1999)
Guardian/Mccrum 100 Best Novels
On a rainy Sunday in January, the recently widowed Mrs. Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel where she will spend her remaining days. Her fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip. Together, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin enemiesโboredom and the Grim Reaper. Then one day Mrs. Palfrey strikes up an unexpected friendship with Ludo, a handsome young writer, and learns that even the old can fall in love.
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