Book Club — Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont

Nov 18, 2026, 7:00 PM – Nov 18, 2026, 7:00 PM

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Primrose Hill Community Library

Primrose Hill Community Library, 11-16 Sharples Hall St, Primrose Hill, London, Greater London, NW1 8YN, United Kingdom

In November, the Primrose Hill Community Library Book Club will discuss Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor. ‘Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont is, for me, her masterpiece’ – Robert McCrum, Guardian, ‘The Best 100 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 enemies: boredom and the Grim Reaper. Then one day Mrs Palfrey strikes up an unlikely friendship with an impoverished young writer, Ludo, who sees her as inspiration for his novel.

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Organiser: Primrose Hill Community Library