Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) is now available for free as an audio download. LibriVox volunteers have just completed a public domain audio recording of Charles Darwin's pivotal work, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" -- free to download, copy, and share. It's unabridged and over twenty-four hours long.
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Neat! I've always been meaning to read the book, and now I can listen while I'm on my way to work! ;)
Ooh, this post made me happy. I record with LibriVox, and I'm always excited to see people are actually listening to our work.
Not to brag, but we have an early (if not a first) edition of this book in the collection of the museum where I work.
....OK, I totally meant to brag, so might as well go all the way! NYAH NYAH NYAH NEENER NEENER NEENER!!!!!