Nature & Outdoors
Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography
Jean-Henri Fabre · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
11h 31m$1.99
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The poet of insects turns to the humble fly, and to his own life. Fabre, whom Darwin called an incomparable observer, mixes astonishing close studies of flies and their kin with the story of his own hard climb from poverty to the little harmas field where he did his science. You will discover why his insect books are read as literature: patience, humor, and awe in equal measure. Small lives, grandly told. Sample a chapter and lean close.
Inside this audiobook
21 chapters
- 1Translator's Note4m
- 2The Harmas26m
- 3The Anthrax54m
- 4Another Prober21m
- 5Larval Dimorphism48m
- 6Heredity30m
- 7My Schooling48m
- 8The Pond30m
- 9The Caddis Worm45m
- 10The Greenbottles33m
- 11The Grey Flesh Flies29m
- 12The Bumblebee Fly35m
- 13Mathematical Memories - N31m
- 14Mathematical Memories - M26m
- 15The Bluebottle - The Layi36m
- 16The Bluebottle - The Grub35m
- 17A Parasite of the Maggot33m
- 18Recollections of Childhoo23m
- 19Insects and Mushrooms37m
- 20A Memorable Lesson32m
- 21Industrial Chemistry35m
