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 79
... glanced from right to left , turning the wheel . " It's getting very hot . Are the windows all open , Robin ? " " Shall I open the roof ? " " Well , a little way , perhaps . How are you , Katherine ? You must be warm with that coat on ...
... glanced from right to left , turning the wheel . " It's getting very hot . Are the windows all open , Robin ? " " Shall I open the roof ? " " Well , a little way , perhaps . How are you , Katherine ? You must be warm with that coat on ...
Page 94
Philip Larkin. Jane glanced round sharply . " Well , there's nothing to see in the village . You could walk through if you didn't know it was there and never see it . And that'd be a good thing , too . " She sounded inexplicably cross ...
Philip Larkin. Jane glanced round sharply . " Well , there's nothing to see in the village . You could walk through if you didn't know it was there and never see it . And that'd be a good thing , too . " She sounded inexplicably cross ...
Page 120
... glanced round . He had dropped his blazer and rolled up his sleeves . At every thrust he made at the riverbed , the satisfying impulse forward lilted inside her . Some drops did sprinkle her occasionally , but this was more pleasant ...
... glanced round . He had dropped his blazer and rolled up his sleeves . At every thrust he made at the riverbed , the satisfying impulse forward lilted inside her . Some drops did sprinkle her occasionally , but this was more pleasant ...
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