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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... There usually isn't enough of it , but that's a different thing . " Katherine straightened this out in her mind , and made ... there's a lot of fruit and vegetables , for the London markets . The lorries go up every night , before dawn ...
... There usually isn't enough of it , but that's a different thing . " Katherine straightened this out in her mind , and made ... there's a lot of fruit and vegetables , for the London markets . The lorries go up every night , before dawn ...
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... There's no other boat you push along like that , is there ? " " I don't think there is . A gondolier has an oar , I believe . There are people who can pole canoes . Jack can . " " Who ? " Jane muttered something , and turned on her side ...
... There's no other boat you push along like that , is there ? " " I don't think there is . A gondolier has an oar , I believe . There are people who can pole canoes . Jack can . " " Who ? " Jane muttered something , and turned on her side ...
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Philip Larkin. " There's no need to apologize . " Jane looked so small and sensible standing there that Katherine almost believed her . " But you were offended , weren't you ? " she asked . uncertainly . Jane made a slight distasteful ...
Philip Larkin. " There's no need to apologize . " Jane looked so small and sensible standing there that Katherine almost believed her . " But you were offended , weren't you ? " she asked . uncertainly . Jane made a slight distasteful ...
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