The Life of the Caterpillar (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Lyrical Natural History of Caterpillar Instincts, Metamorphosis, and Nineteenth-Century EntomologyBy Jean-Henri Fabre
Length8h 4m
About this audiobook
In The Life of the Caterpillar, Jean-Henri Fabre turns the seemingly humble larva into a subject of intellectual drama and aesthetic fascination. Through patient observation of feeding, moulting, processionary habits, defenses, and metamorphosis, he reveals the caterpillar as an organism of intricate instincts and surprising adaptations. Fabre's style unites scientific precision with lyrical narrative, placing the work within the great tradition of nineteenth-century natural history, where empirical inquiry still conversed intimately with literature. Fabre (1823–1915), the celebrated French entomologist and author of the Souvenirs entomologiques, wrote from a lifetime of fieldwork, teaching, and solitary experiment rather than from laboratory abstraction. His rural Provençal surroundings, modest circumstances, and extraordinary attentiveness to insect life shaped a science grounded in direct encounter. Suspicious of grand theory when unsupported by observation, he made minute lives morally and intellectually compelling. This book is warmly recommended to readers of natural history, entomology, and scientific prose. It rewards both the specialist and the general reader, offering not merely information about caterpillars but a disciplined way of seeing the living world.
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- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length8 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 10, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
16CHAPTER VIII
2CHAPTER I
17AN INSECT VIRUS
3THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE EGGS AND THE HATCHING
18CHAPTER IX
4CHAPTER II
19THE PSYCHES: THE LAYING
5THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE NEST; THE COMMUNITY
20CHAPTER X
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6CHAPTER III
21THE PSYCHES: THE CASES
7THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE PROCESSION
22CHAPTER XI
8CHAPTER IV
23THE GREAT PEACOCK
9THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: METEOROLOGY
24CHAPTER XII
10CHAPTER V
25THE BANDED MONK
11THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE MOTH
26CHAPTER XIII
12CHAPTER VI
27THE SENSE OF SMELL
13THE PINE PROCESSIONARY: THE STINGING POWER
28CHAPTER XIV
14CHAPTER VII
29THE CABBAGE-CATERPILLAR
15THE ARBUTUS CATERPILLAR
30Memorable Quotes
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