![]() Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street by Virginia Woolf (1922) The pains of old age are deftly drawn as the story reaches its conclusion. She feels the need to impress the other residents and so invites a young acquaintance to pretend to be her nephew. It concerns a widow with a neglectful family who becomes a resident at the Claremont Hotel in London. This novel has always been one of the most popular in the older women in fiction series. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (1971) Here are some brief notes and links to any posts on Bookword. But then I tend to read more books by women than men. I can see no particular connection, except that nearly all the books I mention are by women. ![]() What on earth accounts for the popularity of posts on Bookword blog, reviews of novels with Mrs or Miss in the title? Perhaps these books sell better as well. ![]()
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