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 103
... 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 . If I've got any eye - teeth . What are eye - teeth ...
... 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 . If I've got any eye - teeth . What are eye - teeth ...
Page 242
... eyes . It had been a long day . The train was taking her back to Oxford- shire , and it was taking her through the stations of Nick's past . Paddington , Radley , Appleford , Slough , Didcot , Cholsey , Goring , Pangbourne , Reading ...
... eyes . It had been a long day . The train was taking her back to Oxford- shire , and it was taking her through the stations of Nick's past . Paddington , Radley , Appleford , Slough , Didcot , Cholsey , Goring , Pangbourne , Reading ...
Page 347
... 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 people ...
... 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 people ...
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