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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... Perhaps Ada and Bessie thought that Joe might think that they had been lying in wait for him . Perhaps Joe felt that he should not be walking alone with Alice Vestrey after offering earlier that day to teach Bessie to ride his new bike ...
... Perhaps Ada and Bessie thought that Joe might think that they had been lying in wait for him . Perhaps Joe felt that he should not be walking alone with Alice Vestrey after offering earlier that day to teach Bessie to ride his new bike ...
Page 65
... Perhaps he's a cricketer ? Perhaps he's a Cudworth by marriage ? The Cudworths are the largest named group in the assembly , for the meeting has been organized by Bill Cud- worth , who happens to be the President of the Cudworth One ...
... Perhaps he's a cricketer ? Perhaps he's a Cudworth by marriage ? The Cudworths are the largest named group in the assembly , for the meeting has been organized by Bill Cud- worth , who happens to be the President of the Cudworth One ...
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... perhaps too fluently : Faro Gaulden from London and Peter Cudworth from Iowa City , who are more accustomed to listening to public speakers than most of those here today , wonder if there is not perhaps a touch of the charlatan about ...
... perhaps too fluently : Faro Gaulden from London and Peter Cudworth from Iowa City , who are more accustomed to listening to public speakers than most of those here today , wonder if there is not perhaps a touch of the charlatan about ...
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