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The Life of the Spider

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The Life of the Spider

by Jean-Henri Fabre

EN·~6 hours·18 chapters

Chapters

18 total

THE LIFE OF THE SPIDER - CHAPTER I: THE BLACK-BELLIED TARANTULA

45:10

CHAPTER II: THE BANDED EPEIRA

30:38

CHAPTER III: THE NARBONNE LYCOSA

22:03

CHAPTER IV: THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE BURROW

31:59

CHAPTER V: THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE FAMILY

20:17

CHAPTER VI: THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE CLIMBING-INSTINCT

17:39

CHAPTER VII: THE SPIDERS’ EXODUS

29:59

CHAPTER VIII: THE CRAB SPIDER

17:24

CHAPTER IX: THE GARDEN SPIDERS: BUILDING THE WEB

22:58

CHAPTER X: THE GARDEN SPIDERS: MY NEIGHBOUR

27:48

Description

From the translator's note to the 1912 Hodder and Stoughton edition (missing from Project Gutenberg's version): "The following essays have been selected from the ten volumes composing the Souvenirs entomologiques."

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~6 hours (401K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

1999-09-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1887

Subjects

Spiders QL

About the author

Jean-Henri Fabre

1823–1915

A patient observer of insects and the natural world, this French naturalist turned close watching into lively, memorable science writing. His books helped generations of readers see everyday creatures with fresh curiosity.

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