Charles Darwin/Works

Sources of free e-books online:

• Bibliography: Darwin Bibliography (including alternative editions, contributions to books & periodicals, correspondence & life)

Note: the dates given are generally the dates of the first editions. Darwin rewrote many part of his works significantly in subsequent editions, especially "The Origin of Species and "The Descent of Man," and this will be discussed in the appropriate articles. (It has not yet been verified exactly what editions are being reproduced below)

Published works

• 1836: A LETTER, Containing Remarks on the Moral State of TAHITI, NEW ZEALAND, &c. – BY CAPT. R. FITZROY AND C. DARWIN, ESQ. OF H.M.S. 'Beagle.' [1]
• 1839: Journal and Remarks (The Voyage of the Beagle)
• Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle: published between 1839 and 1843 in five volumes by various authors, Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin: information on two of the volumes –

1840: Part I. Fossil Mammalia, by Richard Owen (Darwin's introduction)

1839: Part II. Mammalia, by George R. Waterhouse (Darwin on habits and ranges)

• 1842: The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs [2]
• 1844: Geological Observations of Volcanic Islands [3], (French version)
• 1846: Geological Observations on South America [4]
• 1849: Geology from A Manual of scientific enquiry; prepared for the use of Her Majesty's Navy: and adapted for travellers in general., John F.W. Herschel ed. [5]
• 1851: A Monograph of the Sub-class Cirripedia, with Figures of all the Species. The Lepadidae; or, Pedunculated Cirripedes. [6]
• 1851: A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae; or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of Great Britain [7]
• 1854: A Monograph of the Sub-class Cirripedia, with Figures of all the Species. The Balanidae (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidae, etc. [8]
• 1854: A Monograph on the Fossil Balanidæ and Verrucidæ of Great Britain [9]
• 1858: On the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection
• 1859: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
• 1862: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects [10]
• 1868: Variation of Plants and Animals Under Domestication (PDF format), Vol. 1, Vol. 2
• 1871: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
• 1872: The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals [11]
• 1875: Movement and Habits of Climbing Plants [12]
• 1875: Insectivorous Plants [13]
• 1876: The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom [14]
• 1877: The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species [15]
• 1879: "Preface and 'a preliminary notice'" in Ernst Krause's Erasmus Darwin [16]
• 1880: The Power of Movement in Plants [17]
• 1881: The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms [18] [19]
• 1887: Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Edited by his son Francis Darwin) [20]
• 1958: Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Barlow, unexpurgated)

Letters

• Correspondence of Charles Darwin
• 1887: Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, (ed. Francis Darwin). Volume I, Volume II - Classic Literature Library

• Volume 1 Volume 2 - Google Books
• 1903: More Letters of Charles Darwin, (ed. Francis Darwin and A.C. Seward). Volume I, Volume II