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 131
... Robert , for she is in the direct matrilineal line of descent . Robert is consigned ( or will consign himself ) to a minor role : almost to a non - speaking part . We shall come back to Chrissie and her childhood shortly , but meanwhile ...
... Robert , for she is in the direct matrilineal line of descent . Robert is consigned ( or will consign himself ) to a minor role : almost to a non - speaking part . We shall come back to Chrissie and her childhood shortly , but meanwhile ...
Page 207
... Robert , never again , swore Chrissie ) , and now were after all quite pleased to find themselves in this beautiful ... Robert . ' It doesn't work like that , ' said Chrissie . ' She says it's some- thing called endogenous depression ...
... Robert , never again , swore Chrissie ) , and now were after all quite pleased to find themselves in this beautiful ... Robert . ' It doesn't work like that , ' said Chrissie . ' She says it's some- thing called endogenous depression ...
Page 316
... Robert in Waterford , where it was by now early afternoon . Bessie had managed to choose a good hour as well as a good death . Robert said drily , ' Good God , what a dirty trick to play on you . ' These were his very words . Was ...
... Robert in Waterford , where it was by now early afternoon . Bessie had managed to choose a good hour as well as a good death . Robert said drily , ' Good God , what a dirty trick to play on you . ' These were his very words . Was ...
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