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 84
... Katherine found she had no handkerchief and rose to excuse herself . " Can I go ? " said Robin , getting up . " Of course not , " said Mrs. Fennel , waving him back . " You can't go rummaging round Katherine's bedroom . " She rested an ...
... Katherine found she had no handkerchief and rose to excuse herself . " Can I go ? " said Robin , getting up . " Of course not , " said Mrs. Fennel , waving him back . " You can't go rummaging round Katherine's bedroom . " She rested an ...
Page 85
... Katherine , shak- ing her handkerchief from its folds . Jane had withdrawn to the door , her eyes still searching Katherine's face as if waiting for her to take the lead . " No , " she said . " No , I'll see you later . " And with a ...
... Katherine , shak- ing her handkerchief from its folds . Jane had withdrawn to the door , her eyes still searching Katherine's face as if waiting for her to take the lead . " No , " she said . " No , I'll see you later . " And with a ...
Page 108
... Katherine's dressing - table . Picking up Katherine's hair- brush , she said : " This is very heavy . " " It's made of silver . " " And what is this pattern - a tree , is it ? " " Two trees , " Katherine said deprecatingly . " It is ...
... Katherine's dressing - table . Picking up Katherine's hair- brush , she said : " This is very heavy . " " It's made of silver . " " And what is this pattern - a tree , is it ? " " Two trees , " Katherine said deprecatingly . " It is ...
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