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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Page 11
... play and did not understand children . She did not like children , as a class . Nobody had played with her when she was a child , for in those days childhood had hardly been invented , and now she did not play with her own children ...
... play and did not understand children . She did not like children , as a class . Nobody had played with her when she was a child , for in those days childhood had hardly been invented , and now she did not play with her own children ...
Page 102
... playing Lysander to her Hermia - indeed he had kissed her several times , and perhaps more warmly than the performance had demanded . But that was in play , not for real . And Bessie was on her way to Cambridge , which seemed to him ...
... playing Lysander to her Hermia - indeed he had kissed her several times , and perhaps more warmly than the performance had demanded . But that was in play , not for real . And Bessie was on her way to Cambridge , which seemed to him ...
Page 209
... 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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