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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The show is due to begin at half past three , and most of the descendants are already waiting expectantly . The side door opens , and in shuffles a short stout old woman . She has been out to the toilet . People nod at her as she makes ...
The show is due to begin at half past three , and most of the descendants are already waiting expectantly . The side door opens , and in shuffles a short stout old woman . She has been out to the toilet . People nod at her as she makes ...
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Dr Hawthorn now tells them that one of the most interest- ing riddles facing humanity lies not in the future but in the past . ' How did we get here from there ? ' This is the question which , in its many aspects , obsesses him , and it ...
Dr Hawthorn now tells them that one of the most interest- ing riddles facing humanity lies not in the future but in the past . ' How did we get here from there ? ' This is the question which , in its many aspects , obsesses him , and it ...
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Should Anna also face the unacceptable past ? Anna is neurotic , and she torments herself . How innocent , how dull the Cudworth past , said Anna , as she urged her husband to attend Dr Hawthorn's seance . What can Peter find to fear in ...
Should Anna also face the unacceptable past ? Anna is neurotic , and she torments herself . How innocent , how dull the Cudworth past , said Anna , as she urged her husband to attend Dr Hawthorn's seance . What can Peter find to fear in ...
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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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