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The life of Jean Henri Fabre, the entomologist, 1823-1910
Augustin Fabre and Bernard Miall
The urchin of Malaval grew into the greatest insect watcher who ever lived. Augustin Fabre tells the life of his brother Jean-Henri: the poor childhood, the schoolboy years, the college of Ajaccio, and the jubilee at Serignan. Warm, admiring, and full of the making of a naturalist. The human story behind the immortal insect books. Meet the man who taught the world to watch bugs.
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36 chapters
- 1THE LIFE OF JEAN HENRI FABRE THE ENTOMOLOGIST 1823–1910
- 2NOTE BY TRANSLATOR
- 3AUTHOR’S PREFACE
- 4CONTENTS
- 5THE LIFE OF JEAN HENRI FABRE
- 6CHAPTER I THE SÉRIGNAN JUBILEE
- 7CHAPTER II THE URCHIN OF MALAVAL
- 8CHAPTER III THE SCHOOLBOY: SAINT-LÉONS
- 9CHAPTER IV THE SCHOOLBOY: SAINT-LÉONS
- 10CHAPTER V AT THE COLLEGE OF RODEZ
- 11CHAPTER VI THE PUPIL TEACHER: AVIGNON (1841–43)
- 12CHAPTER VII THE SCHOOLMASTER: CARPENTRAS
- 13CHAPTER VIII THE SCHOOLMASTER: CARPENTRAS (CONTINUED)
- 14CHAPTER IX THE PROFESSOR: AJACCIO
- 15CHAPTER X THE PROFESSOR: AVIGNON (1852–1870)
- 16CHAPTER XI THE PROFESSOR: AVIGNON (CONTINUED)
- 17CHAPTER XII THE PROFESSOR: AVIGNON (CONTINUED)
- 18CHAPTER XIII RETIREMENT: ORANGE
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