Reviews

Evolutionary Writings: Including the Autobiographies (World's Classics) by Charles Darwin, James A. Secord

zacktheguy's review against another edition

This is exactly what it claims to be. It is interesting and highly informative.

julziez's review against another edition

3.0

I originally picked this up at my local library for a school project I was doing on 19th century literature but I decided to hold on to it and complete it because I became very interested in reading for myself the great and mysterious works of Charles Darwin. Since I was a little girl I was told that he was the great man that started the world thinking about evolution and I was pleasantly surprized by the ease with which I understood his explanations and arguments. This collection contains exerpts from four of his works and I found them all quite fascinating. If you look past the glaring racism and sexism and focus on the more concrete facts and observations, it's quite a tough argument. I also really enjoyed knowing that evolution and Darwinism is a generally accepted view at least in the modern western world but when this was first published it was rather mind-blowing and detrimental to the integrity of the Church.
I greatly encourage more people to pick up some non-fiction and just expand your mind about the past, present and future ideas of your fellow human beings. You may just learn some fascinating things.