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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... Miss Feather , released from Mr. Anstey , came up to Katherine as if uncertain who she was . " Oh , Miss Lind- " Yes ? " " " " Oh , Miss Lind— You remember you were doing the Bureau work , when Miss Holloway was ill ? When was it , now ...
... Miss Feather , released from Mr. Anstey , came up to Katherine as if uncertain who she was . " Oh , Miss Lind- " Yes ? " " " " Oh , Miss Lind— You remember you were doing the Bureau work , when Miss Holloway was ill ? When was it , now ...
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... Miss Lind ? " " The book on Uganda has been found , and will be sent off at once . " He gave no sign of having heard . In a minute or two he said in the same voice : " Where was it ? " " It had been put on the shelves . ” Mr. Anstey ...
... Miss Lind ? " " The book on Uganda has been found , and will be sent off at once . " He gave no sign of having heard . In a minute or two he said in the same voice : " Where was it ? " " It had been put on the shelves . ” Mr. Anstey ...
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Philip Larkin. of tales about the silent Miss Lind , how she lived alone , and how after six years she was meeting a strange love of her childhood . Katherine felt as if she had suffered a slug to crawl across her . And beyond that ...
Philip Larkin. of tales about the silent Miss Lind , how she lived alone , and how after six years she was meeting a strange love of her childhood . Katherine felt as if she had suffered a slug to crawl across her . And beyond that ...
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