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 13
... Miss Feather , hitting the sheet with his pipe - stem . Miss Feather's untidy grey head was bent in respectful attention . He had not lowered his voice , but the rebounding echoes prevented them from hearing what he said . " I'll tell ...
... Miss Feather , hitting the sheet with his pipe - stem . Miss Feather's untidy grey head was bent in respectful attention . He had not lowered his voice , but the rebounding echoes prevented them from hearing what he said . " I'll tell ...
Page 14
... Miss Brooks , departing . On the way back to the counter , Miss Feather , released from Mr. Anstey , came up to Katherine as if uncertain who she was . " Oh , Miss Lind- " Yes ? " " " " Oh , Miss Lind— You remember you were doing the ...
... Miss Brooks , departing . On the way back to the counter , Miss Feather , released from Mr. Anstey , came up to Katherine as if uncertain who she was . " Oh , Miss Lind- " Yes ? " " " " Oh , Miss Lind— You remember you were doing the ...
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... Miss Brooks was working there too , her hands defiantly mittened , but with ... Feather , who had been doing Katherine's work instead of her own , now ... Miss Feather glanced conspiratorially round her . " Mr. Anstey would like to see ...
... Miss Brooks was working there too , her hands defiantly mittened , but with ... Feather , who had been doing Katherine's work instead of her own , now ... Miss Feather glanced conspiratorially round her . " Mr. Anstey would like to see ...
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