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 36
... aspirins in hot milk . And very often I'm sick too . " " But do you have them at work ? " " They don't come on during the day as a rule . At night sometimes . Most often I wake up with them . Then I don't go to work , I just stay in bed ...
... aspirins in hot milk . And very often I'm sick too . " " But do you have them at work ? " " They don't come on during the day as a rule . At night sometimes . Most often I wake up with them . Then I don't go to work , I just stay in bed ...
Page 61
... And I'm sure I brought it away with me . " She looked round the room . " The only thing I can think of is that I left yours in the chemist's , when I bought the aspirins , I was in such a rush . I can't remember . Perhaps 61.
... And I'm sure I brought it away with me . " She looked round the room . " The only thing I can think of is that I left yours in the chemist's , when I bought the aspirins , I was in such a rush . I can't remember . Perhaps 61.
Page 192
... aspirins . ' " " " Yes , you did , I remember . But how did you know who I was -- who it belonged to , I mean ? " said Miss Parbury . She took up the thin little poker that hung from an ornamental fireirons - stand and prodded a coal ...
... aspirins . ' " " " Yes , you did , I remember . But how did you know who I was -- who it belonged to , I mean ? " said Miss Parbury . She took up the thin little poker that hung from an ornamental fireirons - stand and prodded a coal ...
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