Results for "Taylor, Elizabeth"

Elegant, timeless, and riveting: an exciting anthology of short stories by mid-century women writers from Britain and Ireland—many being published in America for the first timeThese remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and p... Read More about A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers (Pushkin Press Classics)

A blackly humorous story of loneliness, deception, and life in old age by one of the most accomplished novelists of the twentieth century.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,” sh... Read More about Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

First published in 1968, this quietly ironic exploration of the ways in which the parental mould is not easily broken, is one of Elizabeth Taylor's most ambitious novels. You know,' Midge began, and paused. She was rather taken aback, and could not at once think of anything to say. 'Perhaps there's ... Read More about The Wedding Group (Virago Modern Classics)

A decade-spanning love story from an author who is “the missing link between Jane Austen and John Updike” (The Independent)Haunted by unspoken tensions and stifled ardor, two lovers navigate shifting expectations and societal changes in inter-war England.   The mid-twentieth century British nov... Read More about A Game of Hide and Seek

AN NYRB CLASSICS ORIGINALElizabeth Taylor is finally beginning to gain the recognition due to her as one of the best English writers of the postwar period, prized and praised by Sarah Waters and Hilary Mantel, among others. Inheriting Ivy Compton-Burnett’s uncanny sensitivity to the terrifying under... Read More about You'll Enjoy It When You Get There: The Stories of Elizabeth Taylor

Named a 2012 PROSE Award Honorable Mention in the Nursing & Allied Health Sciences Category Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title This is an excellent resource for nurses to learn about the various religious beliefs and practices and ways to use this information therapeutically to enha... Read More about Religion: A Clinical Guide for Nurses