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 68
... writing , although the exchange affected her no more than an interminable busi- ness correspondence , and after a while began trying to draw him out . She started writing only half her letters in English , and filling the other half ...
... writing , although the exchange affected her no more than an interminable busi- ness correspondence , and after a while began trying to draw him out . She started writing only half her letters in English , and filling the other half ...
Page 69
... writing to him much more interesting , and in any case she disliked failing in anything she attempted . So after these vain attempts , she gave it up . She got into the habit of leaving the familiar letter with the English stamp lying ...
... writing to him much more interesting , and in any case she disliked failing in anything she attempted . So after these vain attempts , she gave it up . She got into the habit of leaving the familiar letter with the English stamp lying ...
Page 187
... writing well enough , but once she examined it closely half a dozen doubtful instances occurred to her . She grew less confident as she continued to inspect it . If it was a private letter , of course , that still did not prevent ...
... writing well enough , but once she examined it closely half a dozen doubtful instances occurred to her . She grew less confident as she continued to inspect it . If it was a private letter , of course , that still did not prevent ...
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