Eleven short stories from the most distinguished Flemish author of his time.

Product Description: Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard, Count Maeterlinck (1862-1949) was a Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist writing in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life...read more

Product Description: Contents Include The Harmas The Anthrax Another Prober (Perforator) Larval Dimorphism Heredity My Schooling The Pond The Caddis-Worm The Greenbottles The Grey Flesh-Flies The Bumble-Bee Fly Mathematical Memories-Newtown's Binomial-Theorem Mathematical Memories:My Little Table The Bluebottle:The Layin...read more

Product Description: A popular teacher, chemist, physicist and botanist, Fabre is considered by many as the father of modern entomology whose engaging writing style has led to enduring popularity.

Product Description: Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823-1915) was a French entomologist and author. He was largely an autodidact, owing to the poverty of his family. Nevertheless, he acquired a primary teaching certificate at the young age of 19. Fabre went on to accomplish many scholarly achievements...read more

Product Description: Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823-1915) was a French entomologist and author. He was largely an autodidact, owing to the poverty of his family. Nevertheless, he acquired a primary teaching certificate at the young age of 19. Fabre went on to accomplish many scholarly achievements...read more

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Product Description: Modern Entomologic book of the early twentieth century by the physicist and botanist Jean-Henri Fabre. He is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology.

Product Description: One of the most important, though controversial, French novelists of the late nineteenth century, and founder of the Realist movement, was Émile Zola (1840-1902). He was the most important example of the literary genre of naturalism, and an integral part of developing theatrical naturalism...read more

Product Description: "[...] CHAPTER 1. BRAMBLE-DWELLERS. The peasant, as he trims his hedge, whose riotous tangle threatens to encroach upon the road, cuts the trailing stems of the bramble a foot or two from the ground and leaves the root-stock, which soon dries up...read more