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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Page 55
... course . " She smiled at the expression on Miss Green's face while she was digesting this . I " Don't you go out at all , then ? " " Not often . Usually I go to bed very early . Sometimes go to concerts or films . " Don't you dance ...
... course . " She smiled at the expression on Miss Green's face while she was digesting this . I " Don't you go out at all , then ? " " Not often . Usually I go to bed very early . Sometimes go to concerts or films . " Don't you dance ...
Page 195
... course . " " " " If there wasn't a war , I shouldn't be here . " " Everything would be different , of course . ' Miss Parbury sighed . " But to be on one's own is very lonely , " said Katherine . " Don't you agree ? ” She said this as a ...
... course . " " " " If there wasn't a war , I shouldn't be here . " " Everything would be different , of course . ' Miss Parbury sighed . " But to be on one's own is very lonely , " said Katherine . " Don't you agree ? ” She said this as a ...
Page 246
... course , if you want me to . ' " " " I'd be glad so if you would . I don't get many letters . From home , of course But one grows out of one's parents . " " I know that . " • · " I don't mean it — you know - it's nothing to be proud of ...
... course , if you want me to . ' " " " I'd be glad so if you would . I don't get many letters . From home , of course But one grows out of one's parents . " " I know that . " • · " I don't mean it — you know - it's nothing to be proud of ...
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