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 125
... expected , as others had hoped and expected . She , who had always been top of the class , had to be satisfied with what was colloquially known as a " Two Two ' - a Class Two , Division Two pass . But she had passed , and she was ...
... expected , as others had hoped and expected . She , who had always been top of the class , had to be satisfied with what was colloquially known as a " Two Two ' - a Class Two , Division Two pass . But she had passed , and she was ...
Page 169
... expected that she would be proud of him and his survival and his success . And so , in a sense , she was , and so , in a very reduced sense , she was to remain . But she was also bitter with him . He had left her , all those years , to ...
... expected that she would be proud of him and his survival and his success . And so , in a sense , she was , and so , in a very reduced sense , she was to remain . But she was also bitter with him . He had left her , all those years , to ...
Page 376
... expected and , less predictably , stretches out his grimy hand to her . ' Pleased to meet you , ' he says . They shake hands , across the divide . His hand is hot and safe , his grasp is firm . The pause ends , the tape reverses , and ...
... expected and , less predictably , stretches out his grimy hand to her . ' Pleased to meet you , ' he says . They shake hands , across the divide . His hand is hot and safe , his grasp is firm . The pause ends , the tape reverses , and ...
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