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 47
... dropping them ; when he gestured that she should sit down , she balanced on the edge of the seat , and had to ... dropped a tablet into it , which sank furiously to the bottom . There was no chair in here for Katherine to sit on ...
... dropping them ; when he gestured that she should sit down , she balanced on the edge of the seat , and had to ... dropped a tablet into it , which sank furiously to the bottom . There was no chair in here for Katherine to sit on ...
Page 80
... dropped . Instead , Mr. Fennel talked slowly and explicitly about ordinary things so that Katherine could understand and answer what he said . Already she found she could relax her classroom eagerness , and this cheered her . She was ...
... dropped . Instead , Mr. Fennel talked slowly and explicitly about ordinary things so that Katherine could understand and answer what he said . Already she found she could relax her classroom eagerness , and this cheered her . She was ...
Page 123
... dropped it , with a fearful clatter and splashing , and an exclamation from Jane . Robin picked it up , and gave it back to her . It was very cold and wet . The punt slowly came to a halt against the sluggish current . " Now , " said ...
... dropped it , with a fearful clatter and splashing , and an exclamation from Jane . Robin picked it up , and gave it back to her . It was very cold and wet . The punt slowly came to a halt against the sluggish current . " Now , " said ...
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