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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... sounded as if he were speaking into a telephone . " But I can't- 99 " An ordinary injection will do as well , " he said , not heeding . " The pain- " But- " " " " Miss Green's voice broke in a sob . With the filling of her tooth broken ...
... sounded as if he were speaking into a telephone . " But I can't- 99 " An ordinary injection will do as well , " he said , not heeding . " The pain- " But- " " " " Miss Green's voice broke in a sob . With the filling of her tooth broken ...
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Philip Larkin. sounded as light - hearted as anyone , but inwardly she hoped her application would have gone astray . It was really not her sort of amusement at all . She need not have worried . When ... sounded harmless but dull . But it 68.
Philip Larkin. sounded as light - hearted as anyone , but inwardly she hoped her application would have gone astray . It was really not her sort of amusement at all . She need not have worried . When ... sounded harmless but dull . But it 68.
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... sounded still , now relaying a tango orchestra and she moved her head . " I think she likes to listen to the wireless , " she said with a return to cheerfulness . " I think it cheers her up . " Katherine nodded vaguely . " But the ...
... sounded still , now relaying a tango orchestra and she moved her head . " I think she likes to listen to the wireless , " she said with a return to cheerfulness . " I think it cheers her up . " Katherine nodded vaguely . " But the ...
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