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 67
... silly things one does in company and regrets afterwards . For although Katherine was easily moved by a crowd she was not a person to make friends carelessly , and this was exactly what they had led her to do . After that day , for some ...
... silly things one does in company and regrets afterwards . For although Katherine was easily moved by a crowd she was not a person to make friends carelessly , and this was exactly what they had led her to do . After that day , for some ...
Page 151
... silly , too . What have I got to be bored about ? I'm healthy , I'm not starving , I live in a perfectly good house . Silly , isn't it ? I don't know . I've only been doing it ten years , " she ended with a touch of juvenile sarcasm ...
... silly , too . What have I got to be bored about ? I'm healthy , I'm not starving , I live in a perfectly good house . Silly , isn't it ? I don't know . I've only been doing it ten years , " she ended with a touch of juvenile sarcasm ...
Page 200
... silly , " she said . " I always have been . I know I'm silly , but , do you know , I can't decide . I don't like the idea , even now . It would be convenient , and so easy , and no - one could say anything very well , but I should never ...
... silly , " she said . " I always have been . I know I'm silly , but , do you know , I can't decide . I don't like the idea , even now . It would be convenient , and so easy , and no - one could say anything very well , but I should never ...
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