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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Page 11
... Ellen did not know how to play and did not understand children . She did not like children , as a class . Nobody had played with her when she was a child , for in those days childhood had hardly been invented , and now she did not play ...
... Ellen did not know how to play and did not understand children . She did not like children , as a class . Nobody had played with her when she was a child , for in those days childhood had hardly been invented , and now she did not play ...
Page 13
... Ellen Bawtry considered herself lucky in Bert Bawtry . And , all things con- sidered , she was . She had married late , and cautiously , and she was satisfied with what she had got . Ellen and Bert Bawtry were not bad people or bad ...
... Ellen Bawtry considered herself lucky in Bert Bawtry . And , all things con- sidered , she was . She had married late , and cautiously , and she was satisfied with what she had got . Ellen and Bert Bawtry were not bad people or bad ...
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... Ellen's last illness that summoned Bessie home for the last time . Ellen had been failing for some time , as Dora had faithfully and fully reported . She had developed chest pains , first diagnosed as heart disease , then as lung cancer ...
... Ellen's last illness that summoned Bessie home for the last time . Ellen had been failing for some time , as Dora had faithfully and fully reported . She had developed chest pains , first diagnosed as heart disease , then as lung cancer ...
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