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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... face and delicate spectacles . His suit was grimy , she disliked his tie , and he wore a pullover whose sleeves came down below his cuffs . His hair was carefully oiled , and occasionally his face twitched : he resembled a clerk at a ...
... face and delicate spectacles . His suit was grimy , she disliked his tie , and he wore a pullover whose sleeves came down below his cuffs . His hair was carefully oiled , and occasionally his face twitched : he resembled a clerk at a ...
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... face looked young , perhaps twelve years old , and quite peaceful : there was no hint in it of petulance or distress . She did not look at all the same : this was the face she had once had , but now had nearly outgrown , a face she ...
... face looked young , perhaps twelve years old , and quite peaceful : there was no hint in it of petulance or distress . She did not look at all the same : this was the face she had once had , but now had nearly outgrown , a face she ...
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... face . They got into a first - class compartment and he put her bag onto the rack and let down the window as far as it would go . The carriage was otherwise un- occupied and filled with dusty light . " Would you sooner face the engine ...
... face . They got into a first - class compartment and he put her bag onto the rack and let down the window as far as it would go . The carriage was otherwise un- occupied and filled with dusty light . " Would you sooner face the engine ...
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