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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Other children played on the street . Why was Bessie sitting there intoning verses to a cotton bobbin instead of sitting by her mother's knee and helping her with the peg rug ? Did her parents abuse her ? Did they neglect her ?
Other children played on the street . Why was Bessie sitting there intoning verses to a cotton bobbin instead of sitting by her mother's knee and helping her with the peg rug ? Did her parents abuse her ? Did they neglect her ?
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In the summer they had played tennis together , mixed doubles with Phil and Rowena . Now they were keen on swimming at Bednerby Pool . Alice was taking diving les- sons . Alice was sport . There was nothing wrong in all of ...
In the summer they had played tennis together , mixed doubles with Phil and Rowena . Now they were keen on swimming at Bednerby Pool . Alice was taking diving les- sons . Alice was sport . There was nothing wrong in all of ...
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Playing cards of an evening , she becomes quite skittish . They never play cards at home , but on holiday , in a rented lodging , they can become a Happy Family . Bessie and Robert are quite good with cards . Chrissie is hope- less .
Playing cards of an evening , she becomes quite skittish . They never play cards at home , but on holiday , in a rented lodging , they can become a Happy Family . Bessie and Robert are quite good with cards . Chrissie is hope- less .
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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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