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Charles Darwin's 'The Life of Erasmus Darwin' by Charles Darwin; Desmond King-Hele is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
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Charles Darwin's book about his grandfather, The Life of Erasmus Darwin, is curiously fascinating. Before publication in 1879, it was shortened by 16%, with several of the cuts directed at its most provocative parts. The cutter, with Charles's permission, was his daughter Henrietta - an example of the strong hidden hand of meek-seeming Victorian women. Originally published in 2003, this first unabridged edition, edited by Desmond King-Hele, includes all that Charles originally intended, the cuts
Who reads Charles Darwin's 'The Life of Erasmus Darwin'?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles Darwin; Desmond King-Hele
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511330346
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Ecotourism, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Essays
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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