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 67
... wonder if there is not perhaps a touch of the charlatan about him , but both , independently - for they have not yet been introduced dismiss this suspicion as unworthy : the gift of the gab does not necessarily make one a bad scientist ...
... wonder if there is not perhaps a touch of the charlatan about him , but both , independently - for they have not yet been introduced dismiss this suspicion as unworthy : the gift of the gab does not necessarily make one a bad scientist ...
Page 104
... it through , all would be well - that was the line he took , though at this period he found it hard to believe it himself . And Bessie must get better . The Breaseborough air was bad for her lungs . No wonder she was off colour 104.
... it through , all would be well - that was the line he took , though at this period he found it hard to believe it himself . And Bessie must get better . The Breaseborough air was bad for her lungs . No wonder she was off colour 104.
Page 332
... wonder he is a bit upset . It doesn't look as though he will be able to drive it away very easily . How can he have got up enough speed in such slow traffic to slam into her with such force ? The madman , having switched off his engine ...
... wonder he is a bit upset . It doesn't look as though he will be able to drive it away very easily . How can he have got up enough speed in such slow traffic to slam into her with such force ? The madman , having switched off his engine ...
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