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 34
... Miss Heald had anything to do with it . Miss Heald was an ambitious woman . The Great War and the Spanish influenza had murdered the lovers of Miss Heald and her generation , and therefore the energy and passion of Miss Heald and her ...
... Miss Heald had anything to do with it . Miss Heald was an ambitious woman . The Great War and the Spanish influenza had murdered the lovers of Miss Heald and her generation , and therefore the energy and passion of Miss Heald and her ...
Page 35
... Miss Heald . age It was not so much the love story or the poetry that had animated Miss Heald , as she spoke of Elizabeth and Robert Browning . It was the miracle of the resurrection , the daring of the escape . From her sick - bed ...
... Miss Heald . age It was not so much the love story or the poetry that had animated Miss Heald , as she spoke of Elizabeth and Robert Browning . It was the miracle of the resurrection , the daring of the escape . From her sick - bed ...
Page 84
... Miss Heald had subsequently prevailed upon Miss Wadsworth to present the prizes at the school speech day , a considerable coup , as Miss Wadsworth , through a mixture of guilt and shyness , ignored most local activities . Miss Wadsworth ...
... Miss Heald had subsequently prevailed upon Miss Wadsworth to present the prizes at the school speech day , a considerable coup , as Miss Wadsworth , through a mixture of guilt and shyness , ignored most local activities . Miss Wadsworth ...
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