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 98
She reads for solace , for enlightenment , for escape , for a sight of the next rung upwards on the ladder , for the next gleam of light ahead that might lead her from the prison of her cavemind . Books have hitherto been her friends ...
She reads for solace , for enlightenment , for escape , for a sight of the next rung upwards on the ladder , for the next gleam of light ahead that might lead her from the prison of her cavemind . Books have hitherto been her friends ...
Page 320
The French poet , of whom Chrissie had never heard , spoke of the deep light leaping from the dark wood and the cracked earth , and of the lifeless shore beyond all singing . This was the shore that Bessie Barron had reached .
The French poet , of whom Chrissie had never heard , spoke of the deep light leaping from the dark wood and the cracked earth , and of the lifeless shore beyond all singing . This was the shore that Bessie Barron had reached .
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yellow light , and towers and castles of darkness mount and break and shift before them . They are watching black vesper's pageant . It is the moment of Nick Gaulden's passing , but neither of them is thinking of Nick Gaulden .
yellow light , and towers and castles of darkness mount and break and shift before them . They are watching black vesper's pageant . It is the moment of Nick Gaulden's passing , but neither of them is thinking of Nick Gaulden .
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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