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The Voyage Of The Beagle

By: Charles Darwin
Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
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The Voyage of the Beagle - or, to give it its full title, Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. - is much more than merely an account of Darwin's scientific observations in his 1831-36 travels across the globe: it is fine travel writing in its own right. The Voyage of the Beagle foreshadows Darwin's life-changing On the Origin of Species (also a CSA Word audiobook), in its constant intellectual quest. Darwin - still only in his early twenties - never just accepts what he sees, but wants to understand it; he shares his thinking in clear, entertaining, witty, even lyrical writing.
Read and abridged by highly-acclaimed evolutionist and writer, Richard Dawkins. His books include The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion.

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"Travelling by sea? What better than Richard Dawkins reading Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle?"
"Dawkins's voice is remarkably youthful, just right for the eager Beagler."
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Darwin has often been underestimated as a writer: Although I'd read the book in my younger years to revisit it on Audible was a nice experience, Dawkins does a great job of setting the scene as no doubt Darwin intended. Put the lights out relax and settle back to a time when many parts of the world were still relatively unknown and unspoilt.

Great as an audiobook

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The narration of this book is fantastic, and the stories give an amazing insight into the understanding Darwin had and the cultural differences between regions of the world and the social changes.

fantastic tales of Darwin's infamous voyage

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