Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface: An Orchis’ Heart xi
4. Introduction: An Enchanted World 1
5. CHAPTER 1 Darwin and Dickinson, Childhood Portraits 18
6. CHAPTER 2 Darwin the Naturalist Shropshire, Edinburgh, Cambridge, 1809–1831; Darwin, to Age 22 46
7. CHAPTER 3 Nature’s People: Scientific Amherst Amherst, 1830–1836; Dickinson, to Age 6 72
8. CHAPTER 4 Juggler, Geologist, Dark Horse Aboard the Beagle, 1832–1836; Darwin, Age 23–27 93
9. CHAPTER 5 Dickinson the Bold Amherst, 1836–1847; Dickinson, Age 6–16 115
10. CHAPTER 6 The Leading Scientific Men London and Amherst, 1836–1845 133
11. CHAPTER 7 Religion of Geology South Hadley, Amherst, 1847–1851; Dickinson, Age 16–20 153
12. CHAPTER 8 A Slow-Sailing Ship Downe, Great Malvern, 1842–1851; Darwin, Age 33–42 178
13. CHAPTER 9 Excitement in the Village Amherst, 1851–1857; Dickinson, Age 20–26 201
14. CHAPTER 10 On the Origin of Species Downe, 1858–1860; Darwin, Age 49–51 221
15. CHAPTER 11 If You Saw a Bullet Amherst, 1857–1861; Dickinson, Age 26–31 237
16. CHAPTER 12 Wild Experiment Downe and Amherst, 1860–1862 260
17. CHAPTER 13 Melody or Witchcraft? Amherst, 1862–1866 277
18. CHAPTER 14 Mutual Friends Downe and Amherst, 1866–1882 299
19. CHAPTER 15 Perfectly Disinterested: Darwin’s Last Days 313
20. CHAPTER 16 Nature Is a Haunted House: Dickinson Faces Death 330
21. Afterword: Hope Is a Strange Invention Darwin and Dickinson in the Twenty-First Century 351
22. Acknowledgments 359
23. Notes 363
24. Bibliographic Note 389
25. Bibliography 393
26. Index 405