Het ontstaan der soorten van dieren en planten door middel van de natuurkeus, of het bewaard blijven van bevoorregte rassen in den strijd des levens

Dutch language

Published 1860 by Arie Cornelis Kruseman.

Charles Darwin's seminal work laying the foundations for the principles of evolutionary biology via natural selection, based on evidence that he collected during his expedition on HMS Beagle in the 1830s.

90 editions

Paul reviewed The origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life by Charles Darwin (Penguin classics)

Groundbreaking but a slog to get through

2 stars

This is definitely a groundbreaking book, but Darwin's writing style makes it a slog to get through. It is probably one of the hardest 'popular science' books I've ever read.