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 38
... dentist straightaway ? " " Oh no . I'd sooner go home . " " But it would be just as bad at home . " " Yes , I know , but " " I should go to a dentist now , " said Katherine . Miss Green did not answer , but looked so miserable that ...
... dentist straightaway ? " " Oh no . I'd sooner go home . " " But it would be just as bad at home . " " Yes , I know , but " " I should go to a dentist now , " said Katherine . Miss Green did not answer , but looked so miserable that ...
Page 39
... dentist near where I live , only three minutes away . In Merion Street . We'll go there . " " Oh , no ! —who is he ? I want my own dentist . " " Where does he live ? " " In the next street from us . I'd better go home- 99 " It would be ...
... dentist near where I live , only three minutes away . In Merion Street . We'll go there . " " Oh , no ! —who is he ? I want my own dentist . " " Where does he live ? " " In the next street from us . I'd better go home- 99 " It would be ...
Page 47
... dentist's chair stood in the middle of the floor , with a washbowl and a few appliances , but there was no drill . In a disused rack on the wall were half a dozen old instruments , rusty and disused : in one corner were the long gas ...
... dentist's chair stood in the middle of the floor , with a washbowl and a few appliances , but there was no drill . In a disused rack on the wall were half a dozen old instruments , rusty and disused : in one corner were the long gas ...
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