The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume 1

by Charles Darwin

Overview

In choosing letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character. But his life was so essentially one of work, that a history of the man could not be written without following closely the career of the author. Thus it comes about that the chief part of the book falls into chapters whose titles correspond to the names of his books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412160827
Publisher:	eBooksLib
Publication date:	04/21/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	499 KB

About the Author

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1809

Date of Death:

April 19, 1882

Place of Birth:

Shrewsbury, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831

Table of Contents

I.	The Darwin Family	1
II.	Autobiography	25
III.	Reminiscences	87
	Letters
IV.	Cambridge Life--1828-1831	139
V.	The Appointment to the 'Beagle'--1831	160
VI.	The Voyage--1831-1836	191
VII.	London and Cambridge--1836-1842	243
VIII.	Religion	274
IX.	Life at Down--1842-1854	287
X.	The Growth of the 'Origin of Species'	363
XI.	The Growth of the 'Origin of Species'--Letters--1843-1856	380
XII.	The Unfinished Book--May 1856-June 1858	426
XIII.	The Writing of the 'Origin of Species'--June 18, 1858-Nov. 1859	472
XIV.	Professor Huxley on the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'	533