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 47
... mouth . As they followed , Kath- erine's triumph suddenly flagged . They passed through the blank doorway that had remained locked , and found themselves in a small , permanently blacked - out room , dingier than the first . A dentist's ...
... mouth . As they followed , Kath- erine's triumph suddenly flagged . They passed through the blank doorway that had remained locked , and found themselves in a small , permanently blacked - out room , dingier than the first . A dentist's ...
Page 48
... mouth and nose . " Breathe in slowly . That's right . Keep on breathing in . " There was a hush , that might have been the tiny sibilance of the gas . The dentist's voice continued , thick and expressionless . He did not remove the mask ...
... mouth and nose . " Breathe in slowly . That's right . Keep on breathing in . " There was a hush , that might have been the tiny sibilance of the gas . The dentist's voice continued , thick and expressionless . He did not remove the mask ...
Page 63
... mouth shut , you don't want to catch a cold in your mouth . " " Well- " " Miss Green still seemed indecisive . " There's no point in working this afternoon if you're going to be away on Monday , is there ? " " No. " They stopped on the ...
... mouth shut , you don't want to catch a cold in your mouth . " " Well- " " Miss Green still seemed indecisive . " There's no point in working this afternoon if you're going to be away on Monday , is there ? " " No. " They stopped on the ...
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