The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin-Volume I
This is the first life of Darwin. It contains the first version of Darwin's autobiography, which was edited to avoid giving offense to his widow (the full text was not published in English until 1958). The letters were selected with a more personal rather than scientific bias, with particular...
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This is the first life of Darwin. It contains the first version of Darwin's autobiography, which was edited to avoid giving offense to his widow (the full text was not published in English until 1958). The letters were selected with a more personal rather than scientific bias, with particular emphasis on the period during which Darwin was writing and preparing for publication his Origin of Species.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781482314519 (1482314517)
ASIN: 1482314517
Publish date: 2013-01-29
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 374
Edition language: English
This was the first published biography of Charles Darwin, as edited by one of his children. It's a little unusual in format, containing as it does, Darwin's (intended to be private) autobiography, a pile of Darwin's letters (up to 1860, the year Origin of Species was published), some memories from t...
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