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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Philip Larkin. again . That depended largely on where Miss Green lived . She was not certain who this Miss Green was . There were several juniors , and she only knew the pretty one by name , Miss Firestone . The others were not ...
Philip Larkin. again . That depended largely on where Miss Green lived . She was not certain who this Miss Green was . There were several juniors , and she only knew the pretty one by name , Miss Firestone . The others were not ...
Page 38
... Miss Green had a little more colour . " Do you feel well enough to go on now ? " she asked , turning back to her . Miss Green nodded and rose , but as she did so a sombre look came over her face . She put her hand up to her cheek ...
... Miss Green had a little more colour . " Do you feel well enough to go on now ? " she asked , turning back to her . Miss Green nodded and rose , but as she did so a sombre look came over her face . She put her hand up to her cheek ...
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... Miss Green took it with a sigh . " How do you feel ? ” " Oh ... better , I think . I don't feel I could walk yet , though . " " No , of course not . Stay as long as you like . Would you like to take your things off ? " " No , thank you ...
... Miss Green took it with a sigh . " How do you feel ? ” " Oh ... better , I think . I don't feel I could walk yet , though . " " No , of course not . Stay as long as you like . Would you like to take your things off ? " " No , thank you ...
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