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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Philip Larkin. " Where does she live ? Is her mother on the telephone ? " He picked up the directory , disregarding Miss Feather's denial , and discovered she was not . " It's quite a long way , " said Miss Feather . " I wonder if it ...
Philip Larkin. " Where does she live ? Is her mother on the telephone ? " He picked up the directory , disregarding Miss Feather's denial , and discovered she was not . " It's quite a long way , " said Miss Feather . " I wonder if it ...
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... mother's fur , a lovely fur I'd wrapped up in tissue and mothballs , one she wouldn't ever have used again . Mother must have said she could have it . She wouldn't answer when I asked her if she had . " A coal spat suddenly . The room ...
... mother's fur , a lovely fur I'd wrapped up in tissue and mothballs , one she wouldn't ever have used again . Mother must have said she could have it . She wouldn't answer when I asked her if she had . " A coal spat suddenly . The room ...
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... mother to a hospital : the dull light hid their faces . But Miss Parbury settled this as quickly as if she had heard it asked , saying in a voice disclaiming personal implication : " There is the money , of course . Father was in the ...
... mother to a hospital : the dull light hid their faces . But Miss Parbury settled this as quickly as if she had heard it asked , saying in a voice disclaiming personal implication : " There is the money , of course . Father was in the ...
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