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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

by Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

17 chapters, about 107,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. ILLUSTRATIONS 200 words
2. INTRODUCTION 400 words
3. INTRODUCTION. 6,200 words
4. CHAPTER I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION. 6,100 words
5. CHAPTER II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION—_continued_. 2,800 words
6. CHAPTER III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION—_concluded_. 4,600 words
7. CHAPTER IV. MEANS OF EXPRESSION IN ANIMALS. 8,800 words
8. CHAPTER V. SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS OF ANIMALS. 8,100 words
9. CHAPTER VI. SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS OF MAN: SUFFERING AND WEEPING. 8,300 words
10. CHAPTER VII. LOW SPIRITS, ANXIETY, GRIEF, DEJECTION, DESPAIR. 5,800 words
11. CHAPTER VIII. JOY, HIGH SPIRITS, LOVE, TENDER FEELINGS, DEVOTION. 6,500 words
12. CHAPTER IX. REFLECTION—MEDITATION-ILL-TEMPER—SULKINESS—DETERMINATION. 4,600 words
13. CHAPTER X. HATRED AND ANGER. 10,500 words
14. CHAPTER XII. SURPRISE—ASTONISHMENT—FEAR—HORROR. 8,100 words
15. CHAPTER XIII. SELF-ATTENTION—SHAME—SHYNESS—MODESTY: BLUSHING. 10,200 words
16. CHAPTER XIV. CONCLUDING REMARKS AND SUMMARY. 5,500 words
17. FOOTNOTES: 9,900 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Face
• Face (sociological concept)
• Fear
• Hatred
• Indignation
• Sympathy
• Utterance

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