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 124
... seemed long . It was an anxious time . Would the examination results be published in The Times , as some but not all Tripos results were ? ( Women's were published in a separate column , demarcated from the men's , indicating that they ...
... seemed long . It was an anxious time . Would the examination results be published in The Times , as some but not all Tripos results were ? ( Women's were published in a separate column , demarcated from the men's , indicating that they ...
Page 137
... seemed paradoxically appropriate to her comfortable solitude . She was so happy to be alone . The room wasn't at all bad . A queen - sized bed , bedside lights that worked , a red winking clock , a minibar , curtains covered with pale ...
... seemed paradoxically appropriate to her comfortable solitude . She was so happy to be alone . The room wasn't at all bad . A queen - sized bed , bedside lights that worked , a red winking clock , a minibar , curtains covered with pale ...
Page 179
... seemed as natural for Dora to stay as it had seemed natural that Bessie should leave . She had plenty of friends there , when she was young , chiefly amongst the young- unmarrieds - a couple of primary - school teachers , a gentle ...
... seemed as natural for Dora to stay as it had seemed natural that Bessie should leave . She had plenty of friends there , when she was young , chiefly amongst the young- unmarrieds - a couple of primary - school teachers , a gentle ...
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