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 42
... chair against the wall , next to an unlit gas fire . Miss Green drifted uncertainly towards the professional chair that was bolted to the floor in the middle of the room . Though Katherine wanted to support her , something kept them ...
... chair against the wall , next to an unlit gas fire . Miss Green drifted uncertainly towards the professional chair that was bolted to the floor in the middle of the room . Though Katherine wanted to support her , something kept them ...
Page 47
... chair , and shut the door . Miss Green took less kindly to this room than to the last . She stood by the chair , lifting her hands and dropping them ; when he gestured that she should sit down , she balanced on the edge of the seat ...
... chair , and shut the door . Miss Green took less kindly to this room than to the last . She stood by the chair , lifting her hands and dropping them ; when he gestured that she should sit down , she balanced on the edge of the seat ...
Page 227
... chair . " Well , at any rate , here we are ! " " I know . It's extraordinary . I can't believe it's you . " " I'm solid enough , " he guffawed , aiming a slap at her , which she avoided . " I'm not a ghost . Whooo ! " He wailed and ...
... chair . " Well , at any rate , here we are ! " " I know . It's extraordinary . I can't believe it's you . " " I'm solid enough , " he guffawed , aiming a slap at her , which she avoided . " I'm not a ghost . Whooo ! " He wailed and ...
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