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Life of the Spider

by J. Henri Fabre (1823-1915)

Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an autodidact, owing to the poverty of his family. Nevertheless, he acquired a primary teaching certificate at the young age of 19 and began teaching at the college of Ajaccio, Corsica, called Carpentras. In 1852, he taught at the lycée in Avignon.
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• 01 – The Black-Bellied Tarantula – 00:49:11
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  Read by: Bryan Ness
• 02 – The Banded Epeira – 00:32:49
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  Read by: Bryan Ness
• 03 – The Narbonne Lycosa – 00:22:35
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  Read by: Rubys
• 04 – The Narbonne Lycosa: The Burrow – 00:46:38
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• 05 – The Narbonne Lycosa: The Family – 00:19:22
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  Read by: Scott Carpenter
• 06 – The Narbonne Lycosa: The Climbing Instinct – 00:16:30
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• 07 – The Spider’s Exodus – 00:27:58
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• 08 – The Crab Spider – 00:20:10
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  Read by: Doug Allison
• 09 – The Garden Spiders – Building The Web – 00:23:44
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  Read by: Rubys
• 10 – The Garden Spiders: My Neighbour – 00:43:35
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• 11 – The Garden Spiders: The Lime-snare – 00:13:05
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  Read by: Esther
• 12 – The Garden Spiders: The Telegraph Wire – 00:15:30
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• 13 – The Garden Spiders: Pairing And Hunting – 00:36:26
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• 14 – The Garden Spider: The Question of Property – 00:15:02
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• 15 – The Labyrinth Spider – 00:37:21
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  Read by: Doug Allison
• 16 – The Clotho Spider – 00:24:45
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  Read by: James Christopher
• 17 – Appendix – 00:19:45
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  Read by: James Christopher

Cataloged on March 29, 2009