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Jean-Henri Fabre
The Life of the Weevil

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The Life of the Weevil

by Jean-Henri Fabre, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

EN·~6 hours·18 chapters

Chapters

18 total

Translator’s Note

1:14

Chapter i - THE OLD WEEVILS

22:12

Chapter ii - THE SPOTTED LARINUS

33:44

Chapter iii - THE BEAR LARINUS

20:30

Chapter iv - THE BOTANICAL INSTINCT

16:52

Chapter v - THE ELEPHANT WEEVIL

31:33

Chapter vi - THE NUT-WEEVIL

24:37

Chapter vii - THE POPLAR-WEEVIL

20:25

Chapter viii - THE VINE-WEEVIL

18:32

Chapter ix - OTHER LEAF-ROLLERS

23:20

Description

"The essays on weevils contained in the Souvenirs entomologiques."--Translator's note.

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Duration

~6 hours (366K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Nov 29, 2021

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66844

Subjects

Beetles QL

About the authors

Jean-Henri Fabre

1823–1915

Best known for turning close observation into vivid storytelling, this French naturalist wrote about insects with a warmth and curiosity that still feels fresh. His books helped generations of readers see the drama and intelligence in the smallest creatures.

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Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

1865–1921

A gifted translator, critic, and publisher, he helped bring major French and Belgian writers into English and became especially closely linked with Maurice Maeterlinck’s work. His career moved between journalism, books, and literary society, making him an important bridge between European literature and English-speaking readers.

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