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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He tried to improve her lot as fast as he could . He moved her out of the cosy little council house , where little Chrissie had been mysteriously happy , and into a fair - sized , comfortable , semi - detached home in a good leafy ...
He tried to improve her lot as fast as he could . He moved her out of the cosy little council house , where little Chrissie had been mysteriously happy , and into a fair - sized , comfortable , semi - detached home in a good leafy ...
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But she has not tried hard enough . Her last night thoughts are of Nick's eldest daughter , Faro . ... He is trying to pin her down to another meeting , and she is trying to avoid one . She is straining at the leash , as usual .
But she has not tried hard enough . Her last night thoughts are of Nick's eldest daughter , Faro . ... He is trying to pin her down to another meeting , and she is trying to avoid one . She is straining at the leash , as usual .
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Arrival would mean trying to please her daughter by trying to look grateful and trying to be good . The time for all of that was past . Arrival was an unnecessary triviality . Bessie gazed and gazed at the slow and stately image of ...
Arrival would mean trying to please her daughter by trying to look grateful and trying to be good . The time for all of that was past . Arrival was an unnecessary triviality . Bessie gazed and gazed at the slow and stately image of ...
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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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