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 61
... She turned , glancing about the room . " Where did you put my bag ? " " Oh- " Katherine went to the side table . " Here . " Miss Green did not stretch out her hand to take it . " But that's not it . " Katherine stared at her . " It is ...
... She turned , glancing about the room . " Where did you put my bag ? " " Oh- " Katherine went to the side table . " Here . " Miss Green did not stretch out her hand to take it . " But that's not it . " Katherine stared at her . " It is ...
Page 94
... Katherine gathered that Jane was co - host , so to speak , and this ... looked handsome to the point of sleekness . They went up a lane to a ... Katherine found it fascinat- ing . She looked curiously round the sides of cottages , where ...
... Katherine gathered that Jane was co - host , so to speak , and this ... looked handsome to the point of sleekness . They went up a lane to a ... Katherine found it fascinat- ing . She looked curiously round the sides of cottages , where ...
Page 190
... Katherine had been wondering what she would look like , and was rather disappointed to find she looked ordinary ... looked like a large tea - rose gone well to seed . She held up the handbag . " Is this yours 190.
... Katherine had been wondering what she would look like , and was rather disappointed to find she looked ordinary ... looked like a large tea - rose gone well to seed . She held up the handbag . " Is this yours 190.
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