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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... Anstey at once put on his distant expression , saying in a preoccupied voice : " Yes , what is it , Miss Feather ? ” " I'm afraid one of the juniors is feeling badly , Mr. Anstey . She isn't fit for work . " " And who is it , Miss ...
... Anstey at once put on his distant expression , saying in a preoccupied voice : " Yes , what is it , Miss Feather ? ” " I'm afraid one of the juniors is feeling badly , Mr. Anstey . She isn't fit for work . " " And who is it , Miss ...
Page 204
... Anstey's door . She could hear Mr. Anstey telephoning , so prepared to wait till he had finished , leaning against the wall . What a day this was being ! Her good spirits , desperately resisting the weariness of her errand through the ...
... Anstey's door . She could hear Mr. Anstey telephoning , so prepared to wait till he had finished , leaning against the wall . What a day this was being ! Her good spirits , desperately resisting the weariness of her errand through the ...
Page 222
... Anstey doesn't seem to think so . " Then I don't think as things go at the moment that they'd ask you to go . Anstey has no powers of dismissal . They're bound to conscript women sooner or later , too , and I doubt if we'll be reserved ...
... Anstey doesn't seem to think so . " Then I don't think as things go at the moment that they'd ask you to go . Anstey has no powers of dismissal . They're bound to conscript women sooner or later , too , and I doubt if we'll be reserved ...
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