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 59
... 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 global travel . One short generation took the industrialized world from ...
... 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 global travel . One short generation took the industrialized world from ...
Page 138
... 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 . Seb Jones was a leech , a ...
... 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 . Seb Jones was a leech , a ...
Page 332
... 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 does ...
... 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 does ...
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