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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She gazed at him earnestly from innocent eyes . ' Of course it will , ' said Joe with conviction . ' Anyway , it's just got to be . You can't waste a big chance like that . I'd give my eye - teeth to get into Cambridge .
She gazed at him earnestly from innocent eyes . ' Of course it will , ' said Joe with conviction . ' Anyway , it's just got to be . You can't waste a big chance like that . I'd give my eye - teeth to get into Cambridge .
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Fiona's eyes glittered , too bright in the withering of her too - small pinched white face . ' And not so many of the good ones , either , ' she said , with companionable malice . ' We had some fun up here , Nick and I. On our good days ...
Fiona's eyes glittered , too bright in the withering of her too - small pinched white face . ' And not so many of the good ones , either , ' she said , with companionable malice . ' We had some fun up here , Nick and I. On our good days ...
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It is the eyes . Look in the eyes , he says . The eyes are dark lakes , lit with lustre . They stare and stare . It is nothing , says Faro . It is a trick of craft . It is art . These are not people , these are not even portraits of ...
It is the eyes . Look in the eyes , he says . The eyes are dark lakes , lit with lustre . They stare and stare . It is nothing , says Faro . It is a trick of craft . It is art . These are not people , these are not even portraits of ...
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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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