The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

This edition of Darwin's life story restores previously censored passages on religion and the scientist's opinions of his contemporaries.

Darwin wrote his autobiography in 1876, at the age of sixty-seven, hoping it would prove interesting to his children and grandchildren. Preparing the book for a wider audience, his family initially sought to protect his legacy by removing passages they found too personal or controversial.

This restored edition, which appeared one hundred years after th...