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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... Dora's is made with old - fashioned full - cream silver - top milk and a dash of hot water . ( Faro , who had prepared these beverages to their respective tastes , had not at all liked the look of the contents of Dora's fridge - freezer ...
... Dora's is made with old - fashioned full - cream silver - top milk and a dash of hot water . ( Faro , who had prepared these beverages to their respective tastes , had not at all liked the look of the contents of Dora's fridge - freezer ...
Page 368
... Dora how she's feeling . Dora's speech has been affected , but not disastrously . One can still make out some sense . Faro explains that Chrissie is too ill to make the journey but will come when she's better , and Dora seems to ...
... Dora how she's feeling . Dora's speech has been affected , but not disastrously . One can still make out some sense . Faro explains that Chrissie is too ill to make the journey but will come when she's better , and Dora seems to ...
Page 386
... Dora's bedroom . She climbs the narrow stair- case , lit from above by a dangling light bulb . Dora's bedroom is very damp . The window had been left open , letting in the rain , and now it will not close properly , for the old wooden ...
... Dora's bedroom . She climbs the narrow stair- case , lit from above by a dangling light bulb . Dora's bedroom is very damp . The window had been left open , letting in the rain , and now it will not close properly , for the old wooden ...
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