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Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1

by Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

46 chapters, about 173,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE 900 words
2. CHAPTER 1.I. -- THE DARWIN FAMILY. 7,300 words
3. CHAPTER 1.II. -- AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 5,100 words
4. CAMBRIDGE 1828-1831. 9,300 words
5. MY SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS. 4,700 words
6. WRITTEN MAY 1ST, 1881. 3,000 words
7. CHAPTER 1.III. -- REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER'S EVERYDAY LIFE. 18,500 words
8. CHAPTER 1.IV. -- CAMBRIDGE LIFE. 4,000 words
9. C. DARWIN. 1,700 words
10. CHAPTER 1.V. -- THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 'BEAGLE.' 2,000 words
11. G. PEACOCK TO C. DARWIN. [1831.] 2,200 words
12. C. DARWIN. 900 words
13. CH. DARWIN. 1,200 words
14. C. DARWIN. 1,400 words
15. CHAS. DARWIN. 1,800 words
16. CHAPTER 1.VI. -- THE VOYAGE. 4,400 words
17. FEBRUARY 26TH. 400 words
18. MARCH 1ST. 4,000 words
19. JUNE. 7,000 words
20. C. DARWIN. 800 words
21. CHAPTER 1.VII. -- LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE. 2,100 words
22. "FEBRUARY 23, 1837." 6,200 words
23. CHAPTER 1.VIII. -- RELIGION. 3,900 words
24. Letter to Captain Fitz-Roy, October, 1846. 2,700 words
25. WORK OF THE PERIOD 1842 TO 1854. 1,100 words
26. LETTERS. 1,700 words
27. C. DARWIN. 2,200 words
28. THE MONOGRAPH OF THE CIRRIPEDIA, 4,100 words
29. C. DARWIN. 10,400 words
30. CHAPTER 1.X. -- THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' 3,400 words
31. Chapter VI. Rudimentary Organs. 1,600 words
32. LETTERS, 1843-1856. 300 words
33. C. DARWIN. 700 words
34. C. DARWIN. 4,000 words
35. C. DARWIN. 400 words
36. CHARLES DARWIN TO J.D. HOOKER. [1853]. 8,100 words
37. LETTERS. 2,500 words
38. SECONDLY. 400 words
39. THIRDLY. 400 words
40. FINALLY. 10,200 words
41. JUNE 18, 1858, TO NOVEMBER, 1859. 200 words
42. LETTERS. 2,900 words
43. C.D. 7,700 words
44. LONDON: 1,000 words
45. Q.E.D. 6,400 words
46. ON THE RECEPTION OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' 8,100 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Evolution

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