High Windows
High Windows is Philip Larkin's fourth and final major poetry collection, published in 1974. It gathers some of his best-known poems, including the title poem, This Be The Verse, The Old Fools, and Annus Mirabilis. Larkin writes in plain, exact language about aging, mortality, social change, money, sex, and the small letdowns of everyday life. His tone moves between dry humor and stark sadness, often arriving at a moment of clarity or release in the closing lines. The book confirmed his place as one of the most popular and quoted English poets of the twentieth century. Its mix of skepticism, wit, and sudden beauty has kept the collection widely read and studied since its first appearance.
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Philip Larkin's celebrated late poetry collection on aging, death, sex, and the ordinary disappointments of English life.
It includes some of Larkin's most famous poems, such as the title poem High Windows, This Be The Verse, The Old Fools, and Annus Mirabilis.
It was published in 1974 and was the last major poetry collection Philip Larkin released in his lifetime.
High Windows was written by Philip Larkin, published in 1974 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
High Windows is 42 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, High Windows takes most readers under an hour to finish.
High Windows is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
