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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But it was hard to know where to turn . His mother sympathized with his aspirations , and maybe she would wear his father down in time . But how much time was there ? How late could one wait to apply for a university place ?
But it was hard to know where to turn . His mother sympathized with his aspirations , and maybe she would wear his father down in time . But how much time was there ? How late could one wait to apply for a university place ?
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He needed her , though at first he'd pretended not to , and Faro found need hard to resist . She hadn't realized he was so helpless when she took him on . Now she didn't seem to be able to wriggle free . She was resigned to sticking ...
He needed her , though at first he'd pretended not to , and Faro found need hard to resist . She hadn't realized he was so helpless when she took him on . Now she didn't seem to be able to wriggle free . She was resigned to sticking ...
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Both , naturally , were expected to be hard - working , achieving , upwardly mobile little brats , for they had taken in ambition with their mother's breast - destroying milk . But they had also imbibed despair .
Both , naturally , were expected to be hard - working , achieving , upwardly mobile little brats , for they had taken in ambition with their mother's breast - destroying milk . But they had also imbibed despair .
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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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