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
... light ahead that might lead her from the prison of her cavemind . Books have hitherto been her friends and allies , and she had harnessed them to her will , but now they too begin to threaten and oppress her , to show her darknesses too ...
... light ahead that might lead her from the prison of her cavemind . Books have hitherto been her friends and allies , and she had harnessed them to her will , but now they too begin to threaten and oppress her , to show her darknesses too ...
Page 320
... 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 . Un inerte rivage au - delà de tout chant . Chrissie gazed at the words on the ...
... 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 . Un inerte rivage au - delà de tout chant . Chrissie gazed at the words on the ...
Page 372
... light for her to find her way to the bathroom , where she pees as quietly as she can , and drinks a glass of water . A strange red light is still flowing through the high windows . The sun is long set , and the foundries have been dead ...
... light for her to find her way to the bathroom , where she pees as quietly as she can , and drinks a glass of water . A strange red light is still flowing through the high windows . The sun is long set , and the foundries have been dead ...
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