The Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography, credited to Jean-Henri Fabre, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography by Jean-Henri Fabre. (Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.) Read in English by Bellona Times The title tells all, along with other observations on insect life from the famed accidental entomologist of 19th Century France.. - Summary by BellonaTimes

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography
• Author credits: Jean-Henri Fabre
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 11:30:54

Catalogue topics

• science
• insects
• chemistry
• fly

Track guide

1. 00 - Translator's Note — 4:28
2. 01 - The Harmas — 26:13
3. 02 - The Anthrax — 53:42
4. 03 - Another Prober — 21:24
5. 04 - Larval Dimorphism — 47:36
6. 05 - Heredity — 29:53
7. 06 - My Schooling — 48:17
8. 07 - The Pond — 30:03
9. 08 - The Caddis Worm — 45:10
10. 09 - The Greenbottles — 33:10
11. 10 - The Grey Flesh Flies — 28:38
12. 11 - The Bumblebee Fly — 34:51
13. 12 - Mathematical Memories - Newton's Binomial Theorem — 31:29
14. 13 - Mathematical Memories - My Little Table — 25:56
15. 14 - The Bluebottle - The Laying — 35:48
16. 15 - The Bluebottle - The Grub — 34:41
17. 16 - A Parasite of the Maggot — 32:38
18. 17 - Recollections of Childhood — 22:36
19. 18 - Insects and Mushrooms — 36:52
20. 19 - A Memorable Lesson — 32:18
21. 20 - Industrial Chemistry — 35:11

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