“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 . . . 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 'the 100 best novels' , Guardian
“magnificent...writer, the missing link between Jane Austen and John Updike”
— David Baddiel , Independent
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Year
1971
Pages
178
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“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 . . . 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 'the 100 best novels' , Guardian
“magnificent...writer, the missing link between Jane Austen and John Updike”
— David Baddiel , Independent
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