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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... knew her grammar , Bessie knew her genders and her declensions . Bessie knew what was what . Fred lurked , guilty , insulted , male , on the oily water . Would Bessie rather have been an Only Daughter ? Did she think she would have got ...
... knew her grammar , Bessie knew her genders and her declensions . Bessie knew what was what . Fred lurked , guilty , insulted , male , on the oily water . Would Bessie rather have been an Only Daughter ? Did she think she would have got ...
Page 108
... knew that they were the chosen few , and that their college and their university expected much of them . They ... knew Susie , or imitate the vamp of Savannah , hard - hearted Hannah . Some of the young women knew some of the songs of ...
... knew that they were the chosen few , and that their college and their university expected much of them . They ... knew Susie , or imitate the vamp of Savannah , hard - hearted Hannah . Some of the young women knew some of the songs of ...
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... knew that that was how things were , but she didn't like the way things were . She didn't approve of it . And that ... knew she was the least disciplined , the least logical of thinkers , but she also knew that there was something in ...
... knew that that was how things were , but she didn't like the way things were . She didn't approve of it . And that ... knew she was the least disciplined , the least logical of thinkers , but she also knew that there was something in ...
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