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    Charles Darwin (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
    Charles Darwin (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
    Charles Darwin (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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    Charles Darwin (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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    Published in 1885, this biography of the founder of modern evolution was part of the “English Worthies” series edited by Andrew Lang. Allen presents Darwin in context, showing the world to which he was born, his place as intellectual heir to Lamarck and Malthus, and an assessment of his place in history.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarnes & Noble
    Release dateMar 8, 2011
    ISBN9781411447110
    Charles Darwin (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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    Grant Allen

    Grant Allen (1848-1899) was a Canadian novelist and science writer. While his early writing in the fields of psychology, botany, and entomology sought to support Charles Darwin’s work on evolutionary theory, Allen later turned to fiction and eventually wrote around 30 novels. Friends with Arthur Conan Doyle, Grant Allen was a lesser-known early innovator in crime and detective fiction. His wide-ranging literary output, which influenced William James, G.K. Chesterton, and Sigmund Freud, was often deemed controversial for its critical views on social constructs such as marriage, gender, and religion.

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