Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin

"Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1" by Charles Darwin is a biographical work published in 1887. Edited by Darwin's son Francis, this foundational biography combines Darwin's own autobiographical writings with 87 selected letters from his correspondence and an essay by Thomas Huxley. The book offers an intimate portrait of Darwin's personal character, work methods, and intellectual development through his own words and exchanges with fellow scientists and thinkers, becoming the cornerstone of biographical study about the renowned naturalist. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Editor Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925
Title Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Letters_of_Charles_Darwin
Credits Produced by Sue Asscher and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class QH: Science: Natural history
Subject Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Subject Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Subject Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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EBook-No. 2087
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Most Recently Updated Jan 23, 2013
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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