The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants

Charles Darwin

Summary

'On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants' is a book by Charles Darwin. Following the 'Origin of Species', Darwin set out to produce evidence for his theory of natural selection. As such, Darwin spent much time studying plants to achieve this aim. This work is subdivided into chapters concentrating on a particular type of climber which he divided into four main classes. In this volume, however, Darwin concentrates on the two main classes, the twining plants and the leaf climbers (divided into two subdivisions: leaf climbers and tendril bearers).

Available since: 12/02/2019.

Print length: 631 pages.

Other books that might interest you

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the authors most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novels corrupting influence, he responded that there is, in fact, a terrible moral in Dorian Gray.Just a few years later, the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde's homosexual liaisons, which resulted in his imprisonment. Of Dorian Gray's relationship to autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be in other ages, perhaps.

Show book

The Irrepressible Wit of Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Five classic examples of the sheer comic genius of Mark Twain: The One Million Pound Bank Note - The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm - The Stolen White Elephant - Cannibalism in the Cars - The Awful German Language

Show book

Top 10 Short Stories The -...

Virginia Woolf

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.

In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?

The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.

Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.

Stream of consciousness seems matter of fact nowadays. But Woolf catapulted it into a new Modernist form. Characters now came with much individuality, flaws and form that literature was forever changed. Despite her tragic suicide and the sure loss of what was to come these stories still confirm her literary greatness.

1 - The Top 10 - Virginia Woolf - An Introduction
2 - Solid Objects by Virginia Woolf
3 - An Unwritten Novel by Virginia Woolf
4 - Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street
5 - A Society by Virginia Woolf
6 - Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf
7 - The String Quartet by Virginia Woolf
8 - Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf
9 - A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf
10 - The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf
11 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf

Show book

Ex Oblivione (Unabridged)

H.P. Lovecraft

"Ex Oblivione" is a prose poem by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in late 1920 or early 1921 and first published in The United Amateur in March 1921, under the pseudonym Ward Phillips. It is written in first person and tells of the dreams of a presumably dying man. In his dreams, the man is walking through a valley and encounters a vine-covered wall with a locked bronze gate therein. He longs to know what lies beyond the gate.

Show book

The Seagull

Anton Chekhov

Translated by Christopher Hampton. Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull is considered one of his most haunting and atmospheric character studies. A would-be playwright is at war with his egoistic mother while the town has become intoxicated by a sensational author. And as the alluring newcomer steals away Kosta’s only love, their new romance could have devastating consequences.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Translated by Christopher Hampton. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Public Domain (P)2013 L.A. Theatre Works

Show book

The Last Trump

Hugh Walpole

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884-1941) was a New Zealand-born English novelist famous for his skill at scene setting and vivid plots. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s and remains popular to this day.'The Last Trump' is an engaging and tense story about a man who believes he has calculated the exact date and time of the end of the world. It will occur at 11:45 pm on January 20, 1929. He shares this secret with his wife, Mary, and later with a select circle of their friends.The knowledge of the impending last judgment begins to overshadow their lives and actions. As the date approaches, the different members of the group make their various ecclectic preparations, and on the night itself they gather around the clock to await the Last Trump....

Show book