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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... laugh . " But if , as I am saying or rather sug- gesting to you , you should in the fullness of time achieve a ... laughed again , and pulled at his pipe , surrounding his head with blue , sweetish smoke . Katherine looked at him as if ...
... laugh . " But if , as I am saying or rather sug- gesting to you , you should in the fullness of time achieve a ... laughed again , and pulled at his pipe , surrounding his head with blue , sweetish smoke . Katherine looked at him as if ...
Page 21
... laugh . " I'll go with her myself if it means getting the morning off ! " He laughed alone . " I think the best thing would be to send someone with her , " repeated Miss Feather , glancing furtively at the clock on the mantelpiece . Mr ...
... laugh . " I'll go with her myself if it means getting the morning off ! " He laughed alone . " I think the best thing would be to send someone with her , " repeated Miss Feather , glancing furtively at the clock on the mantelpiece . Mr ...
Page 105
... laugh , and once she had started seemed unable to stop . When she laughed , she resembled Robin much more and was , therefore , better - looking : the irritable expression vanished from her face and she looked attractive and carefree ...
... laugh , and once she had started seemed unable to stop . When she laughed , she resembled Robin much more and was , therefore , better - looking : the irritable expression vanished from her face and she looked attractive and carefree ...
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