Natural History · 科学散文 · French Classic
Author: Jean-Henri Fabre (让-亨利·法布尔)
Published: 1879–1907 (10 volumes)
Description: A monumental series of observations on the behavior, instincts, and lives of insects — beetles, bees, wasps, ants, mantises, and more — written with literary elegance and scientific precision.
Fabre's patient field observations laid the foundations of modern entomology and remain a touchstone of nature writing.