The Peppered Moth - Hardcover

Drabble, Margaret

3.33

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0771028768 ISBN 13: 9780771028762

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 2001

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The Bawtry family has been in South Yorkshire for generations when Bessie is born just before the turn of the last century. The Bawtrys have been content with their humble lot, but Bessie longs for the freedom promised by a new beginning. However, when she succeeds in being admitted to Cambridge and ascends to a new world of culture and rarified comforts, the tug of her family’s history remains, binding her to the past in ways she doesn’t entirely understand. Nearly a century later, Faro Gaulden finds her way back to the little mining town where her mother and her grandmother Bessie grew up. But for all Faro’s exotic ancestry and glamour, she wonders if she has really travelled away from home, and finds herself asking how is it that unforeseen events and encounters can alter forever what would seem to have been determined. Abounding with lively characters, sadness, and subversive wit, this is Margaret Drabble at her storytelling best.

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PRAISE FOR "THE PEPPERED MOTH"

"The sisters Drabble and Byatt are the modern equivalent of the Brontes. Both are at the top of English literature and letters."--"The New York Times"
"This book fairly bounces. Its zest derives in large part from the perfectly sustained tone, which expresses humor without poking fun, and deep regret without sentimentality."--"The Atlantic Monthly"
PRAISE FOR "THE PEPPERED MOTH"
"The sisters Drabble and Byatt are the modern equivalent of the Brontes. Both are at the top of English literature and letters."--"The New York Times"
"This book fairly bounces. Its zest derives in large part from the perfectly sustained tone, which expresses humor without poking fun, and deep regret without sentimentality."--"The Atlantic Monthly"
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PRAISE FOR THE PEPPERED MOTH
"The sisters Drabble and Byatt are the modern equivalent of the Brontes. Both are at the top of English literature and letters."--The New York Times
"This book fairly bounces. Its zest derives in large part from the perfectly sustained tone, which expresses humor without poking fun, and deep regret without sentimentality."--The Atlantic Monthly
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About the Author:

Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield, England, in 1939 and read English at Cambridge University. Her novels include The Gates of Ivory, The Ice Age, The Realms of Gold, A Summer Bird Cage, and The Waterfall. She is also the editor of The Oxford Companion to English Literature. She has three children and is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd.

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