The Peppered Moth - Softcover

Drabble, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141005866 ISBN 13: 9780141005867

Publisher: Penguin, 2001

Synopsis

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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Review:

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 is the author of The Sea Lady, The Seven Sisters, The Peppered Moth, and The Needle's Eye, among other novels.For her contributions to contemporary English literature, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2008.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141005866
• ISBN 13: 9780141005867
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400