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 62
... took yours by mistake , or I took hers first . Shall we go down and ask ? " " This is a nuisance , " Miss Green said grumblingly . Katherine switched off the gas fire , and they went down to the shop , Miss Green holding onto the ...
... took yours by mistake , or I took hers first . Shall we go down and ask ? " " This is a nuisance , " Miss Green said grumblingly . Katherine switched off the gas fire , and they went down to the shop , Miss Green holding onto the ...
Page 96
... took on a curious , younger - sister note of defiance . " All you care about is the birthrate and the standard of living . I want to know what I should feel like if I lived there . " " You'd be bored . " Jane addressed herself solely to ...
... took on a curious , younger - sister note of defiance . " All you care about is the birthrate and the standard of living . I want to know what I should feel like if I lived there . " " You'd be bored . " Jane addressed herself solely to ...
Page 160
... took it for granted that he was at home there : he em- barked on long anecdotes , sipping at the wine , and after each sip redirecting his discourse to a different person . Only he never said anything to Katherine . When they brought ...
... took it for granted that he was at home there : he em- barked on long anecdotes , sipping at the wine , and after each sip redirecting his discourse to a different person . Only he never said anything to Katherine . When they brought ...
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