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Contemporary Fiction · 1947 · PG

A girl in winter

by Philip Larkin

A young woman refugee waits through a winter day — Larkin's only completed novel.

For10+GenreContemporary FictionLength248 pagesRead time~7 hours

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Violence

None

No violence; wartime setting

Language

None

No profanity

Sexual Content

Barely any

Brief romantic content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Themes of exile, disappointment, and the beauty of ordinary days

What this book is about

Larkin's 1947 second and final novel follows Katherine Lind, a foreign library worker in England during wartime, through a cold winter day. Quiet, beautifully written. For older teens and adults.

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