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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... sounded human at all : Katherine leaned forward , aware that though she could hear them the dentist could not . There was a faint cracking , and the dentist stopped the drill to fit in another head : Katherine could see the size of it ...
... sounded human at all : Katherine leaned forward , aware that though she could hear them the dentist could not . There was a faint cracking , and the dentist stopped the drill to fit in another head : Katherine could see the size of it ...
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... sounded as if he were speaking into a telephone . " But I can't- “ An ordinary injection will do as well , " he said , not heeding . " The pain- " But- Miss Green's voice broke in a sob . With the filling of her tooth broken down , she ...
... sounded as if he were speaking into a telephone . " But I can't- “ An ordinary injection will do as well , " he said , not heeding . " The pain- " But- Miss Green's voice broke in a sob . With the filling of her tooth broken down , she ...
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Philip Larkin. sounded as light - hearted as anyone , but inwardly she hoped her application would have gone astray . It was really not her sort of amusement at all . She need not have worried . When ... sounded harmless but dull . But it 68.
Philip Larkin. sounded as light - hearted as anyone , but inwardly she hoped her application would have gone astray . It was really not her sort of amusement at all . She need not have worried . When ... sounded harmless but dull . But it 68.
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