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. |
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... Bessie Bawtry , however unlikely that connection might seem . Dr Hawthorn will make it part of his mission to track the Bawtrys back to prehistory , taking in on the way Bessie herself , and all her descendants and ancestors . They will ...
... Bessie Bawtry , however unlikely that connection might seem . Dr Hawthorn will make it part of his mission to track the Bawtrys back to prehistory , taking in on the way Bessie herself , and all her descendants and ancestors . They will ...
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... Bessie Bawtry . After all , nothing but the best is good enough for Bessie . * After the Easter party at Highcross , Bessie Bawtry took to her bed . Her pretext was a bad cold , which developed into a fever . It was less severe and ...
... Bessie Bawtry . After all , nothing but the best is good enough for Bessie . * After the Easter party at Highcross , Bessie Bawtry took to her bed . Her pretext was a bad cold , which developed into a fever . It was less severe and ...
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... Bawtry eyed her daughter's visitor with respect and distrust . She blamed ... Bessie needed . Books breed maggots in the brain . Miss Heald , adding her ... Bessie to try " The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ' , flattering her by telling ...
... Bawtry eyed her daughter's visitor with respect and distrust . She blamed ... Bessie needed . Books breed maggots in the brain . Miss Heald , adding her ... Bessie to try " The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ' , flattering her by telling ...
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