Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Walter Karp
- First Published: 1968
- Time of Work: 1809–1882
- Setting: England, South America, and the South Pacific
- Principal Characters: Charles Darwin, Robert Waring Darwin, John Stevens Henslow, Captain Robert Fitzroy, Charles Lyell, Emma Wedgwood Darwin, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Alfred Russel Wallace, Thomas Henry Huxley, Sir Richard Owen
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Voyages, Nature, Nineteenth century, Science or scientists, Biography, Animals, Naturalists, Evolution
- Locales: England, South America, South Pacific
Form and Content
Walter Karp’s Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species, a lavishly illustrated biography of Darwin, is essentially a chronological narrative coupled with an analysis of Darwin’s ideas and their impact. Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February 12, 1809. His father, Robert Waring Darwin, was a physician who had amassed great personal wealth, giving young Darwin the opportunity to live a care-free youth. He impressed virtually no one with his intellectual talents, largely because he was disinterested in the classical education curriculum of...
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