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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... listened , it must be said , and those who did listen came up with some unorthodox interpretations . Nevertheless , the sounds rolled on , in saecula saeculorum , intoned from the pulpit , and in times of stress and heresy yelled forth ...
... listened , it must be said , and those who did listen came up with some unorthodox interpretations . Nevertheless , the sounds rolled on , in saecula saeculorum , intoned from the pulpit , and in times of stress and heresy yelled forth ...
Page 51
... listened , but said nothing , as his mother gently probed Bessie about her prospects . He thought he could count on his mother to take his side if it came to a showdown . Joe was still his mother's pet . She had nursed him through a ...
... listened , but said nothing , as his mother gently probed Bessie about her prospects . He thought he could count on his mother to take his side if it came to a showdown . Joe was still his mother's pet . She had nursed him through a ...
Page 324
... listened to Schubert , and then flicked channels until she found the channel of the perpetually playing Shakespeare cycle . The Shakespeare lottery , the Sortes Shakespeareanae . Would there be some riddling equivocation for her at this ...
... listened to Schubert , and then flicked channels until she found the channel of the perpetually playing Shakespeare cycle . The Shakespeare lottery , the Sortes Shakespeareanae . Would there be some riddling equivocation for her at this ...
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