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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But , in the early years of the twentieth century , things were at last beginning to speed up . Machinery had begun to click and whizz , and in the wake of the industrial revolution came movement , displacement for its own sake and ...
But , in the early years of the twentieth century , things were at last beginning to speed up . Machinery had begun to click and whizz , and in the wake of the industrial revolution came movement , displacement for its own sake and ...
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She was beginning to feel light and cheerful , cheerful enough to ring Seb as she had promised she would . Ringing Seb these days was almost always an ordeal , but she was feeling strong enough to take him on .
She was beginning to feel light and cheerful , cheerful enough to ring Seb as she had promised she would . Ringing Seb these days was almost always an ordeal , but she was feeling strong enough to take him on .
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She is beginning to recover . She finishes unbuckling her seat belt and opens her car door . This sensible chap will defend her . A road - rager cannot murder her in broad daylight on a three - lane highway - well , he could , but if he ...
She is beginning to recover . She finishes unbuckling her seat belt and opens her car door . This sensible chap will defend her . A road - rager cannot murder her in broad daylight on a three - lane highway - well , he could , but if he ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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