The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin

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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin is a biographical collection that interweaves Charles Darwin’s personal correspondence with narrative accounts to illuminate his life, character, and development of his scientific ideas.

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instanceOf biographical book
edited collection
letter collection
aim to document the development of Darwin’s scientific theories
to illuminate Darwin’s life and character
authorOfPreface Francis Darwin
contains autobiographical chapter by Charles Darwin
editorial commentary by Francis Darwin
personal correspondence of Charles Darwin
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
editor Francis Darwin
editorialApproach interweaving narrative with letters
editorRelationshipToSubject Francis Darwin
surface form: Francis Darwin is Charles Darwin’s son
focusesOn Darwin’s character and personality
Darwin’s family life
Darwin’s religious views
development of Darwin’s scientific ideas
reception of Darwin’s work
genre biography
collected letters
scientific biography
hasLaterEditions abridged editions
single-volume editions
historicalSignificance influential in shaping the public image of Charles Darwin
major primary source for Darwin studies
language English
libraryOfCongressSubject The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Darwin, Charles, 1809–1882—Correspondence

Naturalists—Great Britain—Biography
mainSubject Charles Darwin
medium print
notableSection Darwin’s autobiographical recollections
letters on religious belief and doubt
letters on the Beagle voyage
letters on the writing of On the Origin of Species
numberOfVolumes 3
originalPublicationFormat three-volume set
publicationYear 1887
publisher John Murray
relatedWork Charles Darwin’s Autobiography
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin self-linksurface differs
surface form: More Letters of Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species
settingDescribed Down House
HMS Beagle second survey expedition
surface form: HMS Beagle voyage
subject Victorian science
evolutionary theory
history of science
natural selection
timePeriodCovered 19th century

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William Erasmus Darwin describedBySource The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
Anne Elizabeth Darwin describedBy The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
this entity surface form: Charles Darwin's letters
Francis Darwin notableWork The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
this entity surface form: Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
Henrietta Litchfield notableWork The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin relatedWork The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: More Letters of Charles Darwin
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin libraryOfCongressSubject The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Darwin, Charles, 1809–1882—Correspondence
Leonard Huxley notableWork The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
this entity surface form: Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker