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Darwin, Charles Robert

Barrett, Paul B., ed. Charles Darwin's Notebooks, 1836-1844. Cambridge University Press, 1987. Standard edition.

Bowlby, John. Charles Darwin. Hutchinson, 1990. Well-informed biography for the general reader.

Brent, Peter. Charles Darwin: a Man of Enlarged Curiosity. New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Engrossing biography speculates on naturalist's inner life.

Clark, Ronald W. The Survival of Charles Darwin: a Biography of a Man and an Idea. New York: Random House, 1985. Vigorous account of Darwin, Beagle voyages, and social effects, by leading scientific biographer.

Darwin, Charles. The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Cambridge University Press, 1985-. Complete multi-volume edition of his letters.

Darwin, Charles. The Voyage of the Beagle. London: John Murray, 1842. Includes a famous chapter on the Galápagos.

Darwin, Francis, ed. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. New York: Basic Books; Scholarly Press, 1959. Darwin family, autobiography, reminiscences and letters.

Desmond, Adrian, and Moore, James. Darwin. London: Michael Joseph; Penguin, 1991. Excellent and substantial illustrated biography for the general reader.

Miller, Jonathan. Darwin for Beginners. London: Writers & Readers, 1982. Well-researched documentary comic-book approach to Darwin.

Moorehead, Alan. Darwin on the Beagle. Harper & Row; Penguin, 1969. Darwin's life during five-year voyage of discovery.

Ridley, Mark, ed. A Darwin Selection. London: Fontana Press, Handy one-volume collection of “The Essential Darwin”, the title of the first edition of this work.