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 sweetness of her nature is taken for granted by the young men who walk her out . Bessie will never ever snarl or snap or scorn . She walks on , from her first summer into her second autumn , into her second year , budding ...
The sweetness of her nature is taken for granted by the young men who walk her out . Bessie will never ever snarl or snap or scorn . She walks on , from her first summer into her second autumn , into her second year , budding ...
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Even so , she is taken aback by the brightness and beauty of Steve's apartment . He is right to be proud of it . He tells her about it as he uncorks a bottle of Rioja . He gets it for next to nothing from the council , through the ...
Even so , she is taken aback by the brightness and beauty of Steve's apartment . He is right to be proud of it . He tells her about it as he uncorks a bottle of Rioja . He gets it for next to nothing from the council , through the ...
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Minton's alter ego , in the form of a small white dog , does not live with her , but is taken to visit her regularly , by neighbours whose kindness is beyond all praise . I wrote this book to try to understand my mother better .
Minton's alter ego , in the form of a small white dog , does not live with her , but is taken to visit her regularly , by neighbours whose kindness is beyond all praise . I wrote this book to try to understand my mother better .
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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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