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 55
... Talking , Katherine thought , might do her good . Her face was already showing signs of animation , but she still had a yellowish look . " Oh , but you must know somebody ! " Katherine refused to take up the implication . " I don't know ...
... Talking , Katherine thought , might do her good . Her face was already showing signs of animation , but she still had a yellowish look . " Oh , but you must know somebody ! " Katherine refused to take up the implication . " I don't know ...
Page 201
... talking , as usual , talking and making myself miserable . I'm sure you want to be getting off . Now , have you got your friend's bag ? It wouldn't do to take the wrong one this time ! I'm very obliged to you for bringing it back ...
... talking , as usual , talking and making myself miserable . I'm sure you want to be getting off . Now , have you got your friend's bag ? It wouldn't do to take the wrong one this time ! I'm very obliged to you for bringing it back ...
Page 224
... talking noisily , who started to reiterate a song , a peculiar phrase that might prevent sleep at three in the morning . The blue light fell on their faces , the young men's hair coiled in unhealthy slabs , taking the colour from the ...
... talking noisily , who started to reiterate a song , a peculiar phrase that might prevent sleep at three in the morning . The blue light fell on their faces , the young men's hair coiled in unhealthy slabs , taking the colour from the ...
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