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 160
... Gaulden née Barron yet , but the serious shortcomings of Nick Gaulden have been touched upon . ) But yes , Faro is a feminist , and she is pleased by the irony of the power of the new magic of mitochondrial DNA . She is amused by the ...
... Gaulden née Barron yet , but the serious shortcomings of Nick Gaulden have been touched upon . ) But yes , Faro is a feminist , and she is pleased by the irony of the power of the new magic of mitochondrial DNA . She is amused by the ...
Page 215
... Nick Gaulden . Let us meet him at his funeral , and play the scroll backwards . Ellen Bawtry's funeral had been thinly attended , and the ceremony plain . Nicolas Gaulden , in ... Nicolas Gaulden's shocking power could do the trick. ...
... Nick Gaulden . Let us meet him at his funeral , and play the scroll backwards . Ellen Bawtry's funeral had been thinly attended , and the ceremony plain . Nicolas Gaulden , in ... Nicolas Gaulden's shocking power could do the trick. ...
Page 349
... Nick Gaulden's death approaches , and that it is going to be disturbing both to herself and to Faro . She dreams about Nick constantly , and suspects that Faro does so too . So she has arranged for Faro to come to Queen's Norton for ...
... Nick Gaulden's death approaches , and that it is going to be disturbing both to herself and to Faro . She dreams about Nick constantly , and suspects that Faro does so too . So she has arranged for Faro to come to Queen's Norton for ...
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