The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 5, 1851 1855

by Charles Darwin

The correspondence in this volume reveals the two sides of Darwin's life in a new intensity. It opens with a tragedy, the death of Darwin's oldest and best loved daughter, Anne, and goes on to show how Darwin sought relief from his loss through his work, with a single-minded but increasingly weary commitment to the completion of his cirripede monographs. In September 1854, as soon as the final proofs of the last barnacle volume had been returned to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521255910
• ISBN13: 9780521255912
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"