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 88
... sleep , is it , " said Mr. Fennel , removing his spectacles and scratching his nose with the steel earpiece . " Sleep is more than rest for the mind . The body must lie down - every muscle should be relaxed . " Horses sleep standing up ...
... sleep , is it , " said Mr. Fennel , removing his spectacles and scratching his nose with the steel earpiece . " Sleep is more than rest for the mind . The body must lie down - every muscle should be relaxed . " Horses sleep standing up ...
Page 246
... sleep . I'm tired enough to sleep for a week , but I just don't feel like it . This war , it's mucked everything up . All happened so naturally , but my God it's made a mess of things . " He paused . " Broken the sequence , so to speak ...
... sleep . I'm tired enough to sleep for a week , but I just don't feel like it . This war , it's mucked everything up . All happened so naturally , but my God it's made a mess of things . " He paused . " Broken the sequence , so to speak ...
Page 248
... sleep . Don't say any more . I'm too tired . " There was the snow , and her watch ticking . So many snowflakes , so many seconds . As time passed they seemed to mingle in their minds , heaping up into a vast shape that might be a burial ...
... sleep . Don't say any more . I'm too tired . " There was the snow , and her watch ticking . So many snowflakes , so many seconds . As time passed they seemed to mingle in their minds , heaping up into a vast shape that might be a burial ...
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