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 70
... never entered her head to accept it : that was the only saving point in the whole business . She had never spent a holiday away from her family in her life , and if she did , the companion she would choose would be a really close friend ...
... never entered her head to accept it : that was the only saving point in the whole business . She had never spent a holiday away from her family in her life , and if she did , the companion she would choose would be a really close friend ...
Page 74
... never mind . " They sat down , Robin throwing his hat and a copy of The Times on the seat by him . " We'll have lunch on the train . I expect you are hungry . Did you have anything to eat on the boat ? " " I had some coffee . " " Oh ...
... never mind . " They sat down , Robin throwing his hat and a copy of The Times on the seat by him . " We'll have lunch on the train . I expect you are hungry . Did you have anything to eat on the boat ? " " I had some coffee . " " Oh ...
Page 219
... never did . None so blind as them what will not see . I shan't bother now . Never do on Saturday what you can leave till Monday . " " If I don't feel better than I do now I shan't be here on Monday . " " Mittens no use ? " " You need ...
... never did . None so blind as them what will not see . I shan't bother now . Never do on Saturday what you can leave till Monday . " " If I don't feel better than I do now I shan't be here on Monday . " " Mittens no use ? " " You need ...
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