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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A 75 - year - old man , injured in a fall on a night shift at Bednerby Main , had died in Wardale Hospital . He had fallen into a 4 ' 27 " manhole while walking down Wardale Plain , miles underground .
A 75 - year - old man , injured in a fall on a night shift at Bednerby Main , had died in Wardale Hospital . He had fallen into a 4 ' 27 " manhole while walking down Wardale Plain , miles underground .
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... teaching three days a week , turning the mangle two days a week , and reading Victorian novels and country - house detective stories and Arthur Ransome tales by night , night after night after night , in the long blackout .
... teaching three days a week , turning the mangle two days a week , and reading Victorian novels and country - house detective stories and Arthur Ransome tales by night , night after night after night , in the long blackout .
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Bessie decided to stay the night with Dora in the old twin room . Slotton Road was slightly to be preferred to Swinton Road . And they both thought Ellen would die in the night . They sat up late , the pair of them , listening for ...
Bessie decided to stay the night with Dora in the old twin room . Slotton Road was slightly to be preferred to Swinton Road . And they both thought Ellen would die in the night . They sat up late , the pair of them , listening for ...
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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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