The Peppered MothA portrait of four generations of one family, this story explores themes of inheritance, DNA, the individual's place in history and fate. It spans from Bessie Bawtry, a small child living in a Yorkshire mining town in 1905, to her granddaughter, listening to a lecture on genetic inheritance. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 91
Page 48
Mrs Barron presided over her second - best teapot with nerv- ous affability . Flora Barron was only in her fifties , though she thought of herself as an old woman , and looked and dressed like an old woman . Unlike Bessie's mother Ellen ...
Mrs Barron presided over her second - best teapot with nerv- ous affability . Flora Barron was only in her fifties , though she thought of herself as an old woman , and looked and dressed like an old woman . Unlike Bessie's mother Ellen ...
Page 54
But Joe Barron , handsome , clean - cut , blue - eyed ginger - haired Saxon Joe , had eyes only for pretty Bessie , perched anxious and vulnerable on the edge of her chair . Her neck was so thin it seemed to invite assault .
But Joe Barron , handsome , clean - cut , blue - eyed ginger - haired Saxon Joe , had eyes only for pretty Bessie , perched anxious and vulnerable on the edge of her chair . Her neck was so thin it seemed to invite assault .
Page 176
Pa Barron left the business to his son Bennett , and he left small legacies to Alfred and Ivy . He left nothing to Joe or Phil . ( This caused trouble , though he had had his reasons . ) Ivy decided to spend her windfall on a one - way ...
Pa Barron left the business to his son Bennett , and he left small legacies to Alfred and Ivy . He left nothing to Joe or Phil . ( This caused trouble , though he had had his reasons . ) Ivy decided to spend her windfall on a one - way ...
What people are saying - Write a review
Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified
LibraryThing Review
User Review - suesbooks - LibraryThingThe writing was much better than the content, but even that aspect got tiring with the numerous repetitions. The characters of the 4 generations were somewhat interesting, but I did not care much for ... Read full review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - IonaS - LibraryThingI found this book too drab and unexciting to be able to get into. I never got to the moth bit and hardly know what the book is really about though it seems to tell the tale of a little girl called ... Read full review
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
able already asked Auntie Barron beginning believed Bessie Bawtry Bessie's better Breaseborough called Chrissie clear Cotterhall course Cudworth dark daughter dead death Dora Dora's Dr Hawthorn drive earth Ellen expected eyes face Faro father feel felt Gaulden girls glass hand happy hard head hoped interest kind knew light listened live look managed married Miss Miss Heald mother moved never Nick Nick Gaulden night once parents past perhaps play ring Road Robert Rose round says seemed seen sitting South Yorkshire speak Steve story sure taken talk tell thing thought told took tried trying turn waiting waste watch woman women wonder Yorkshire young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Peppered Moth |
| Author | Margaret Drabble |
| Publisher | Viking, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 6, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0670894001, 9780670894000 |
| Length | 391 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |