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02212aam a2200361 i 4500 001 9E7F26E4B4A711ECBDCF981B5BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220405011336 008 210507t20212021nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021021170 020 $a 1681375648 020 $a 9781681375649 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a PR6039.A928 $b M5 2021 082 00 $a 823/.914 $2 23 100 1 $a Taylor, Elizabeth, $d 1912-1975, $e author. 245 10 $a Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont / $c Elizabeth Taylor ; introduction by Michael Hofmann. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b New York Review of Books, $c 2021. 300 $a xiv, 193 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a New York Review Books classics. 520 $a "On a rainy Sunday afternoon in January the recently widowed Mrs. Palfrey moves to the Claremont Hotel in South Kensington. "If it's not nice, I needn't stay," she promises herself, as she settles into this haven for the genteel and the decayed. "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. What is Mrs. Palfrey to do with herself now that she has all the time in the world? Go for a walk. Go to the museum. Go to the end of the block. Well, she does have her grandson who works at the British Museum, and he is sure to visit any day. 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. Before she knows it, in fact, she tries something else. Elizabeth Taylor's final and most popular novel is as unsparing as it is, ultimately, heartbreaking"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Older women $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Intergenerational relations $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Novels. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft. 700 1 $a Hofmann, Michael, $d 1957 August 25- $e writer of introduction. 830 0 $a New York Review Books classics. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220405014019.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9E7F26E4B4A711ECBDCF981B5BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search