On the origin of species : by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life /
Charles Darwin ; edited with an introduction by William Bynum.
- 150th anniversary ed.
- London : Penguin Classics, 2009.
- lx, 516 p. ; 24 cm.
- Penguin classics .
- Penguin classics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely the production of the higher animals, directly follows. Written for a general readership, On the Origin of Species sold out on the day of its publication and has remained in print ever since.