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The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844

by Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

18 chapters, about 46,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 500 words
2. INTRODUCTION 3,000 words
3. PART I. 3,900 words
4. PART II{104}. 1,500 words
5. <GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.> 3,600 words
6. CONCLUSION. 800 words
7. CHAPTER I 3,200 words
8. CHAPTER II 5,400 words
9. CHAPTER III 5,700 words
10. CHAPTER IV 1,800 words
11. GRADUAL APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF SPECIES{326} 1,000 words
12. SECTION FIRST. 4,000 words
13. SECTION SECOND. 1,200 words
14. SECTION THIRD. 2,200 words
15. CHAPTER VII 1,700 words
16. CHAPTER VIII 2,100 words
17. ABORTIVE OR RUDIMENTARY ORGANS 900 words
18. RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION 3,500 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Habit
• North America

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