The leisurely pace, Hallmark Channel plotting, and largely septuagenarian ensemble cast of Dan Ireland’s Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont seem tailor-made for the Paris Theatre, but this earnest ...

Mrs. Palfrey is the sort of woman who dresses up for breakfast, and though her health is sound, she seems resigned to a rapidly deepening twilight.

Charlie Tyson reviews the 1971 novel “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont,” by the English writer Elizabeth Taylor, and contemplates how the book defies the typically thin ways in which literature ...

MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT By Elizabeth Taylor It’s possible to make a point by missing the point, to show the way by heading in a misleading direction.

Storytime To the Editor: I was interested to read Geoff Dyer’s consideration of “Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont” (Jan. 16) and its wonderful creator, the novelist Elizabeth Taylor.

"Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont" offers a lesson to grandchildren everywhere — visit Grandma when she asks you to, lest she fall into the arms of another youngster. It could be your surrogate ...