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nos obligaron D:

If I have 500 pages left and can read 20 pages a day then this will take me 25 days to finish, so I should be finished by the end of the month (hypothetically)

Dawkins' 2003 version reserves the first edition's 14 chapters intact but abridges by cutting ~50% of the text, removing repetitive examples, lengthy footnotes, some digressions while retaining core arguments & nearly all chapter headings.

Finished Chapter 2: Variation under Nature
Summary:
Darwin argues that variation occurs ubiquitously in wild species, with the line between varieties and species being arbitrary and fluid. Well-marked varieties can become "incipient species," setting the stage for divergence through natural means.

Chapter 1: Variation under Domestication
Darwin illustrates how humans have profoundly modified plants and animals through selective breeding, producing vast diversity from common ancestors, like numerous pigeon breeds from the rock dove. He emphasizes small, inherited variations accumulated over generations, showing modification on a scale relevant to natural processes.

Summaries of 1 & 2: focus on variation as the foundation for evolution. abridged edition retains Darwin's original content, with annotations and a preface but no major rewriting of the core text.

I have two chapters left and he still hasn't talked about those fucking finches