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 71
... Sitting up in bed , she read them through critically . The first thing that struck her was that they really said very little about cycling - or cathedrals , for that matter . And in any case the English were very reserved . What was ...
... Sitting up in bed , she read them through critically . The first thing that struck her was that they really said very little about cycling - or cathedrals , for that matter . And in any case the English were very reserved . What was ...
Page 161
... sitting . Mrs. Fennel looked up . " Well , my dear , we are quite a party now . " " Yes , we are . " " Sit down a moment , won't you ? I'm afraid I've seen very little of you since you came . Not very gracious of me . But I thought you ...
... sitting . Mrs. Fennel looked up . " Well , my dear , we are quite a party now . " " Yes , we are . " " Sit down a moment , won't you ? I'm afraid I've seen very little of you since you came . Not very gracious of me . But I thought you ...
Page 168
... sitting forward with an eagerness that suggested he was still a trifle drunk . " You've no idea . A tiger will go on fighting till it drops . You imagine yourself surrounded by elephants as big as houses , with fellows on top putting ...
... sitting forward with an eagerness that suggested he was still a trifle drunk . " You've no idea . A tiger will go on fighting till it drops . You imagine yourself surrounded by elephants as big as houses , with fellows on top putting ...
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