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 herself had felt very much up against it when she had first left her parents ' home in little Rawmarsh for the big city of Leeds , and it had taken her a whole term to make real friends there . And as for her first weeks at the ...
She herself had felt very much up against it when she had first left her parents ' home in little Rawmarsh for the big city of Leeds , and it had taken her a whole term to make real friends there . And as for her first weeks at the ...
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Molly , a motherly young woman , who had cared for sucking calves and puppies and kittens , felt she ought to do something about Bessie . If she continued to lie around like this she would fail Part One of her Tripos , and then where ...
Molly , a motherly young woman , who had cared for sucking calves and puppies and kittens , felt she ought to do something about Bessie . If she continued to lie around like this she would fail Part One of her Tripos , and then where ...
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She felt ill . She'd had an aspirin , but she still felt ill . Chrissie feels guilty for suspecting that Dora is saying all this because she knows Chrissie is about to fly off to Australia . She prevaricates , says she'll be home soon ...
She felt ill . She'd had an aspirin , but she still felt ill . Chrissie feels guilty for suspecting that Dora is saying all this because she knows Chrissie is about to fly off to Australia . She prevaricates , says she'll be home soon ...
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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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