Download or read book The Portable Darwin written by Charles Darwin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1993-11-01 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Deserves to be as widely read as were the originals when they were first published."—Biological Journal of the Linneas Society. Includes five chapters from The Origin of Speices,complete and unabridged; significant extracts from the works that precede and develop the theory of evolution: The Voyage of the Beagle, The Descent of Man, and The Variations of Animals and Plants; scientific papers, travel writings, letters, and a family memorial; plus a chronology and biography.