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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 84
Page 114
... thought of the question . " She con- sidered . " There is always being a schoolteacher . I thought once I should like to work on a newspaper . " " Yes , that would suit you . " " But I hope privately that something more exciting will ...
... thought of the question . " She con- sidered . " There is always being a schoolteacher . I thought once I should like to work on a newspaper . " " Yes , that would suit you . " " But I hope privately that something more exciting will ...
Page 127
... thought love a pleasant thing ; a state that put order into her life , directing her thoughts and efforts towards one end , and because she found it pleasant she thought it could not be real love , which by all accounts caused suffering ...
... thought love a pleasant thing ; a state that put order into her life , directing her thoughts and efforts towards one end , and because she found it pleasant she thought it could not be real love , which by all accounts caused suffering ...
Page 146
... thought ? " " I never- " Katherine then caught the reference , and felt rather silly . " He's all right . Why did he ask me , though ? For the pleasure of improving my mind , or to get some language lessons ? " She said this recklessly ...
... thought ? " " I never- " Katherine then caught the reference , and felt rather silly . " He's all right . Why did he ask me , though ? For the pleasure of improving my mind , or to get some language lessons ? " She said this recklessly ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amused Anstey asked aspirins Bank Street began chair chair Miss Cheshunt cigarette cold course Cream Cracker dark dentist door dropped England English everything eyes face feel felt Fennel gave girl Girl in Winter glanced go home hair hand handbag head Jack Storm Jack Stormalong Jane's Katherine looked Katherine's knew Lansbury Park laugh letter light lived looked round lounge mean Merion Street mind Miss Brooks Miss Feather Miss Green Miss Holloway Miss Lind Miss Parbury morning mother mouth moved never night no-one once Oxfordshire perhaps pole punt remember river Robin and Jane seemed shut side silly sleep slowly sorry sounded stared stood stopped strange suddenly suppose sure talking tell There's things thought took trees trying turned Uganda voice waiting walked watch week window wondered writing Yale key