A Girl in WinterA Girl in Winter is the moving and enigmatic story of Katherine Lind, a European woman in wartime England. The vicious winter weather has paralyzed the countryside; the emotions of Katherine are frozen as well, as fear and loneliness increase her sense of isolation. By splicing the story of Katherine's sunlit 16th summer in between the halves of a single winter day on which the suitor of her youth returns to her present life, Larkin illuminates the process by which we learn to decipher and accommodate the longings of the heart. |
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... Miss Feather , hitting the sheet with his pipe - stem . Miss Feather's untidy grey head was bent in respectful attention . He had not lowered his voice , but the rebounding echoes ... Miss Brooks separated , each moving along the par- 13.
... Miss Feather , hitting the sheet with his pipe - stem . Miss Feather's untidy grey head was bent in respectful attention . He had not lowered his voice , but the rebounding echoes ... Miss Brooks separated , each moving along the par- 13.
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Philip Larkin. and Miss Brooks separated , each moving along the par- ticular section of shelving that it was their ... Miss Brooks , departing . On the way back to the counter , Miss Feather , released from Mr. Anstey , came up to ...
Philip Larkin. and Miss Brooks separated , each moving along the par- ticular section of shelving that it was their ... Miss Brooks , departing . On the way back to the counter , Miss Feather , released from Mr. Anstey , came up to ...
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... Miss Brooks , with thin cheer- fulness , coming to stand by her . " And another week . " " Going away ? " " Are you ... Miss Brooks . " Had enough of him today , haven't you ? " " Too much . We had a real exchange of personalities ...
... Miss Brooks , with thin cheer- fulness , coming to stand by her . " And another week . " " Going away ? " " Are you ... Miss Brooks . " Had enough of him today , haven't you ? " " Too much . We had a real exchange of personalities ...
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