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Penguin Island

by Anatole France

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1908
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  1. 1-1 Life of Saint Mael

    3:30

  2. 1-2 The Apostolical Vocation of Saint Mael

    9:43

  3. 1-3 The Temptation of Saint Mael

    6:53

  4. 1-4 Saint Mael's Navigation on the Ocean of Ice

    6:00

  5. 1-5 The Baptism of the Penguins

    6:24

  6. 1-6 An Assembly in Paradise

    18:36

  7. 1-7 An Assembly in Paradise (Continuation and End)

    10:49

  8. 1-8 Metamorphosis of the Penguins

    3:44

  9. 2-01 The First Clothes

    10:51

  10. 2-02 The First Clothes (Continuation and End)

    1:51

  11. 2-03 Setting Bounds to the Fields and the Origin of Property

    8:38

  12. 2-04 The First Assembly of the Estates of Penguinia

    5:29

  13. 2-05 The Marriage of Krakken and Orberosia

    4:37

  14. 2-06 The Dragon of Alca, pt. 1

    5:34

  15. 2-07 The Dragon of Alca, pt. 2

    4:59

  16. 2-08 The Dragon of Alca, pt. 3

    6:07

  17. 2-09 The Dragon of Alca, pt. 4

    5:15

  18. 2-10 The Dragon of Alca, pt. 5

    6:59

  19. 2-11 The Dragon of Alca, pt. 6

    6:19

  20. 2-12 The Dragon of Alca, pt. 7

    6:03

  21. 2-13 The Dragon of Alca, pt. 8 (end)

    4:25

  22. 3-1 Brian the Good and Queen Glamorgan

    8:16

  23. 3-2 Draco the Great (Translation of the Relics of St. Orberosia)

    6:56

  24. 3-3 Queen Crucha

    6:38

  25. 3-4 Letters: Johannes Talpa

    7:32

  26. 3-5 The Arts: The Primitives of Penguin Painting

    11:30

  27. 3-6 Marbodius

    26:03

  28. 3-7 Signs in the Moon

    3:22

  29. 4-1 Mother Roquin

    9:53

  30. 4-2 Trinco

    6:37

  31. 4-3 The Journey of Doctor Obnubile

    9:19

  32. 5-1 The Reverend Fathers Agaric and Cornemuse

    15:02

  33. 5-2 Prince Crucho

    5:52

  34. 5-3 The Cabal

    10:04

  35. 5-4 Viscountess Olive

    8:39

  36. 5-5 The Prince des Boscenos

    11:17

  37. 5-6 The Emiral's Fall

    15:09

  38. 5-7 Conclusion

    6:59

  39. 6-01 General Greatauk, Duke of Skull

    6:57

  40. 6-02 Pyrot

    7:26

  41. 6-03 Count de Maubec de la Dentdulynx

    7:40

  42. 6-04 Columban

    6:31

  43. 6-05 The Reverend Fathers Agaric and Cornemuse

    9:16

  44. 6-06 The Seven Hundred Pyrotists

    9:20

  45. 6-07 Bidault-Coquille and Maniflore, the Socialists

    12:50

  46. 6-08 The Columban Trial

    12:05

  47. 6-09 Father Douillard

    10:26

  48. 6-10 Mr. Justice Chaussepied

    8:46

  49. 6-11 Conclusion

    7:43

  50. 7-1 Madame Clarence's Drawing-Room

    8:15

  51. 7-2 The Charity of St. Orberosia

    8:57

  52. 7-3 Hippolyte Ceres

    12:36

  53. 7-4 A Politician's Marriage

    8:43

  54. 7-5 The Visire Cabinet

    10:45

  55. 7-6 The Sofa of the Favorite

    9:14

  56. 7-7 The First Consequences

    7:20

  57. 7-8 Further Consequences

    13:34

  58. 7-9 The Final Consequences

    17:49

  59. 8-1 The Endless History & Section 1

    13:31

  60. 8-2 Section 2

    8:29

  61. 8-3 Section 3

    10:57

  62. 8-4 Section 4

    3:27

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A short-sighted old monk sails to a cold northern island and, mistaking a colony of great auks for people, baptizes them. Heaven is thrown into confusion, and the only solution is to turn the birds into human beings. From that absurd beginning Anatole France spins a mock history of Penguinia, a nation that follows the same course as France and Western Europe through the Dark Ages, the age of kings, revolution, and modern politics. The satire cuts at the church, nationalism, war, and the scandal of the Dreyfus Affair, all delivered in his cool, ironic voice. First published in 1908, it ranks among his sharpest books.

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Anatole France (1844-1924) was a French novelist and Nobel laureate celebrated for his irony, elegance, and skeptical wit. He was one of the most admired French writers of his era.

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Book facts

First published
1908
Reading time
About 6 hours
Pages
253
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Michael Sirois