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 95
... finished some rambling anecdote about the Civil War . " Don't you think it looks nicer than it sounds ? " " It's very nice , " said Katherine . " Yes , it is , for what it's worth . It palls with time . " Jane yawned with the heat ...
... finished some rambling anecdote about the Civil War . " Don't you think it looks nicer than it sounds ? " " It's very nice , " said Katherine . " Yes , it is , for what it's worth . It palls with time . " Jane yawned with the heat ...
Page 160
... finished by suggesting that while they were all there a photograph should be taken , and Katherine knew that he would not have suggested it for her sake . However , she followed the party out onto the small lawn while Robin went ...
... finished by suggesting that while they were all there a photograph should be taken , and Katherine knew that he would not have suggested it for her sake . However , she followed the party out onto the small lawn while Robin went ...
Page 233
... finished , crossing his arms with a slight shiver . " Well , you are probably right . " They talked in this way for some time , remotely . Yet he looked at her in an intimate , hungry way , as if aware she only vaguely recognized him ...
... finished , crossing his arms with a slight shiver . " Well , you are probably right . " They talked in this way for some time , remotely . Yet he looked at her in an intimate , hungry way , as if aware she only vaguely recognized him ...
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