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Charles Darwin: His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters
Charles Darwin and Francis, Sir Darwin
In his own plain words, Darwin recalls the life that led to his revolutionary work. This volume gathers his autobiography and selected letters, with family memories of his everyday habits, his Cambridge years, and the making of a naturalist. The great scientist speaking for himself. For anyone who wants Darwin unfiltered, modest and human on the page.
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46 chapters
- 1CHARLES DARWIN: HIS LIFE TOLD IN AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CHAPTER, AND IN A SELECTED SERIES OF HIS PUBLISHED LETTERS. EDITED BY HIS SON, FRANCIS DARWIN, F.R.S.
- 2PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1892).
- 3FOOTNOTE:
- 4NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- 5TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 6CHAPTER I. THE DARWINS.
- 7FOOTNOTES:
- 8CHAPTER II. AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
- 9FOOTNOTES:
- 10CHAPTER III. RELIGION.
- 11FOOTNOTES:
- 12CHAPTER IV. REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER'S EVERYDAY LIFE.
- 13FOOTNOTES:
- 14CHAPTER V. CAMBRIDGE LIFE.—THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 'BEAGLE.'
- 15FOOTNOTES:
- 16CHAPTER VI. THE VOYAGE.
- 17FOOTNOTES:
- 18CHAPTER VII. LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE. 1836-1842.
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