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 84
... lounge , and Mrs. Fennel took the lead in asking her about her journey , but she tactfully confined herself to questions that Kath- erine could answer with a yes or no if she liked . Robin sat attentively and sometimes interposed a ...
... lounge , and Mrs. Fennel took the lead in asking her about her journey , but she tactfully confined herself to questions that Kath- erine could answer with a yes or no if she liked . Robin sat attentively and sometimes interposed a ...
Page 87
... lounge . " Been looking round ? " asked Mrs. Fennel . " Has he shown you our river ? " " Yes . You must like it . " " It is nice , " Mrs. Fennel admitted . " But I think it makes the place rather damp , do you know ? And it's mournful ...
... lounge . " Been looking round ? " asked Mrs. Fennel . " Has he shown you our river ? " " Yes . You must like it . " " It is nice , " Mrs. Fennel admitted . " But I think it makes the place rather damp , do you know ? And it's mournful ...
Page 102
... lounge , bearing on a tray the jug and glasses they had used when Katherine first arrived . " There's still no ice , " she said . " And this is the last of the lemonade . There's a certain amount of pith and pips and what - not settled ...
... lounge , bearing on a tray the jug and glasses they had used when Katherine first arrived . " There's still no ice , " she said . " And this is the last of the lemonade . There's a certain amount of pith and pips and what - not settled ...
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