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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... English . The idea was , you sent up your name , address , age , nationality , what you were interested in , and what language you were learning . Then they put you in touch with someone . Oh yes , and you had to put how much your ...
... English . The idea was , you sent up your name , address , age , nationality , what you were interested in , and what language you were learning . Then they put you in touch with someone . Oh yes , and you had to put how much your ...
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... English and interesting . " " It's English all right , " said Jane . " But then I am English , more's the pity . And I know a lot of those people , rot them , and they aren't at all interesting . ” " Of course , I don't go to - horse ...
... English and interesting . " " It's English all right , " said Jane . " But then I am English , more's the pity . And I know a lot of those people , rot them , and they aren't at all interesting . ” " Of course , I don't go to - horse ...
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... English - how English she never realized till she met . more English people - but once she had got used to him he had been rather dull . She did not remember ever having been attracted by him . Now he would probably be even duller ...
... English - how English she never realized till she met . more English people - but once she had got used to him he had been rather dull . She did not remember ever having been attracted by him . Now he would probably be even duller ...
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