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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... feel well enough to start ? " Another nod , as if crossly asserting she had no need of dependence . Katherine , feeling some sympathy was called for , said : " I'm sorry it's so bad . " " Oh , that makes it feel better already ...
... feel well enough to start ? " Another nod , as if crossly asserting she had no need of dependence . Katherine , feeling some sympathy was called for , said : " I'm sorry it's so bad . " " Oh , that makes it feel better already ...
Page 58
... feel . " " Rather stiff and sore . ' " " " You don't feel sick any longer ? " " No , not now . " Miss Green wriggled in her chair , seeming to find it uncomfortable . " What was he like ? " Katherine was pleased she had cheered up this ...
... feel . " " Rather stiff and sore . ' " " " You don't feel sick any longer ? " " No , not now . " Miss Green wriggled in her chair , seeming to find it uncomfortable . " What was he like ? " Katherine was pleased she had cheered up this ...
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... feel quite happy in my mind about it . It's the real test , you know , isn't it , when you feel : ' I shouldn't like it to be done to me . ' " " But it is surely reasonable ” " Oh , but I couldn't think of her among strangers . There'd ...
... feel quite happy in my mind about it . It's the real test , you know , isn't it , when you feel : ' I shouldn't like it to be done to me . ' " " But it is surely reasonable ” " Oh , but I couldn't think of her among strangers . There'd ...
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