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 140
... eyes closed ; his face wore an expression of patience . She leaned over and stroked a lock of his hair into place , at which his eyes , in the shadow of her arm , opened wide . " Wake up , " she said . " I wasn't asleep . " He sat up ...
... eyes closed ; his face wore an expression of patience . She leaned over and stroked a lock of his hair into place , at which his eyes , in the shadow of her arm , opened wide . " Wake up , " she said . " I wasn't asleep . " He sat up ...
Page 233
... eyes ) , but the rest were there too , the town , the boiler wrapped in felt , Miss Green , Mr. Anstey , Miss Parbury , in their separate ugly worlds , and soon they would all be asleep . Further , he did not seem open and friendly to ...
... eyes ) , but the rest were there too , the town , the boiler wrapped in felt , Miss Green , Mr. Anstey , Miss Parbury , in their separate ugly worlds , and soon they would all be asleep . Further , he did not seem open and friendly to ...
Page 240
... eyes looked as if he could see years ahead . " Look , will you write to me ? " he said later on . " I'm sorry I was rude just now . " " Write to you ? " she said . Her eyes rested on his worried face . Did he really think , at this ...
... eyes looked as if he could see years ahead . " Look , will you write to me ? " he said later on . " I'm sorry I was rude just now . " " Write to you ? " she said . Her eyes rested on his worried face . Did he really think , at this ...
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