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 76
... watch and told her . " It's Kent , is it ? The county Kent ? But there are so many houses . " " Well , a lot of people live here . ” " I thought that Kent . . . was farms . " " Hardly that , " he said , rolling ribbons of lettuce ...
... watch and told her . " It's Kent , is it ? The county Kent ? But there are so many houses . " " Well , a lot of people live here . ” " I thought that Kent . . . was farms . " " Hardly that , " he said , rolling ribbons of lettuce ...
Page 123
... watch what I do . " " Till you get sick of it , " said Jane . She was watching them sharply , as if expecting entertainment . Katherine stood self - consciously in the middle , lurching occasionally , and watched while Robin poled with ...
... watch what I do . " " Till you get sick of it , " said Jane . She was watching them sharply , as if expecting entertainment . Katherine stood self - consciously in the middle , lurching occasionally , and watched while Robin poled with ...
Page 246
... watch somewhere else ? It does make a row . " " There's a side - table by the bed , if you can find it . " In the ... watch of yours still worries me . " " What ? " " Can I put your watch somewhere else ? ” 246.
... watch somewhere else ? It does make a row . " " There's a side - table by the bed , if you can find it . " In the ... watch of yours still worries me . " " What ? " " Can I put your watch somewhere else ? ” 246.
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