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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... Steve Nieman . She is looking forward to it . He seems eager to tell her all about his great discovery . Faro and Steve had talked for an hour on the phone , about the cave , about the Earth Project , about English Heritage and Lottery ...
... Steve Nieman . She is looking forward to it . He seems eager to tell her all about his great discovery . Faro and Steve had talked for an hour on the phone , about the cave , about the Earth Project , about English Heritage and Lottery ...
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Margaret Drabble. ' Hi ! ' says Steve , bounding at her with outstretched hand . ' You must be Faro ! I'm Steve . Glad to meet you . ' Steve is radiant with good will and welcome . His handshake is friendly and firm , and his skin ...
Margaret Drabble. ' Hi ! ' says Steve , bounding at her with outstretched hand . ' You must be Faro ! I'm Steve . Glad to meet you . ' Steve is radiant with good will and welcome . His handshake is friendly and firm , and his skin ...
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... Steve . This is the very edge of his own territory . Silently , Steve and Faro clamber into their clothes . Faro will drive . Steve has worked out the best way to get near the Project , along what locals call the Road to Nowhere , which ...
... Steve . This is the very edge of his own territory . Silently , Steve and Faro clamber into their clothes . Faro will drive . Steve has worked out the best way to get near the Project , along what locals call the Road to Nowhere , which ...
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