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 129
... clear , but Joe could have used it as an excuse , had he wished to . He too got an Upper Second degree and liked to tell the tale of how , bracing himself to read the Class Lists pinned up at the Senate House , he began at the bottom ...
... clear , but Joe could have used it as an excuse , had he wished to . He too got an Upper Second degree and liked to tell the tale of how , bracing himself to read the Class Lists pinned up at the Senate House , he began at the bottom ...
Page 167
... clear to Robert , and never would be . Chrissie did not miss her father , for she was too small to have any recollection of him . In some ways , she later decided , life had been simpler without him . He was a stranger to her when he ...
... clear to Robert , and never would be . Chrissie did not miss her father , for she was too small to have any recollection of him . In some ways , she later decided , life had been simpler without him . He was a stranger to her when he ...
Page 252
... clear that Nick had no intention of shouldering a spade , he gave Chrissie the sack . She could clear off to Tórshavn and make her own way back . She was no longer part of the expedition . Hangers - on not welcome . It was clear that ...
... clear that Nick had no intention of shouldering a spade , he gave Chrissie the sack . She could clear off to Tórshavn and make her own way back . She was no longer part of the expedition . Hangers - on not welcome . It was clear that ...
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