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 56
... lived here ? ” " No , I came for a holiday . " " All alone ? " " Yes . I stayed with a family I knew . " " Well , don't you know them any more ? " " I suppose I do , " Katherine admitted . She moved her head as if her neck hurt her ...
... lived here ? ” " No , I came for a holiday . " " All alone ? " " Yes . I stayed with a family I knew . " " Well , don't you know them any more ? " " I suppose I do , " Katherine admitted . She moved her head as if her neck hurt her ...
Page 193
... lived there . There was nothing mas- culine in the room , nothing cross - grained ; no pipes , or bottles of lighter ... lived in the house beside Miss Parbury ? She had mentioned her mother . Perhaps they lived alone together . What ...
... lived there . There was nothing mas- culine in the room , nothing cross - grained ; no pipes , or bottles of lighter ... lived in the house beside Miss Parbury ? She had mentioned her mother . Perhaps they lived alone together . What ...
Page 228
... lived there . " " Of course we do . How long have you been here ? " " I came the autumn before last . I lived in London at first . I've been here about nine months . " " Why did you come to this hole , after London ? " " I got a job ...
... lived there . " " Of course we do . How long have you been here ? " " I came the autumn before last . I lived in London at first . I've been here about nine months . " " Why did you come to this hole , after London ? " " I got a job ...
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