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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Now that he was gone , now that the story was over , perhaps she would be able to dare to look at them again . They could not be taken away from her now . They were hers . No more pain , no more deceit could corrode or heap earth upon ...
Now that he was gone , now that the story was over , perhaps she would be able to dare to look at them again . They could not be taken away from her now . They were hers . No more pain , no more deceit could corrode or heap earth upon ...
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Yellow and white and red glass scatters the road . The madman's car , a not - very - new Vauxhall , has come off even worse . No wonder he is a bit upset . It doesn't look as though he will be able to drive it away very easily .
Yellow and white and red glass scatters the road . The madman's car , a not - very - new Vauxhall , has come off even worse . No wonder he is a bit upset . It doesn't look as though he will be able to drive it away very easily .
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It was soon clear that she would never be able to go home to Swinton Road and to her cat Minton . She would not be able to live by herself again . The list of registered care homes picked up by Faro at the Wardale Hospital came in handy ...
It was soon clear that she would never be able to go home to Swinton Road and to her cat Minton . She would not be able to live by herself again . The list of registered care homes picked up by Faro at the Wardale Hospital came in handy ...
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User Review - suesbooks - LibraryThingThe writing was much better than the content, but even that aspect got tiring with the numerous repetitions. The characters of the 4 generations were somewhat interesting, but I did not care much for ... Read full review
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User Review - IonaS - LibraryThingI found this book too drab and unexciting to be able to get into. I never got to the moth bit and hardly know what the book is really about though it seems to tell the tale of a little girl called ... Read full review
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| Title | The Peppered Moth |
| Author | Margaret Drabble |
| Publisher | Viking, 2000 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 6, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0670894001, 9780670894000 |
| Length | 391 pages |
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