Penguin Island: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Penguin Island is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for France, Anatole (1844–1924).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Penguin Island" by Anatole France is a satirical novel published in 1908. When a nearly blind monk mistakes great auks for humans and baptizes them, Heaven must resolve the dilemma by transforming the birds into people. What follows is a sweeping fictional history of Penguinia that mirrors France and Western Europe, spanning from the Dark Ages through modernity and beyond. France lampoons the Dreyfus affair, the origins of religion, property, and law, and human nature itself in this biting commentary on civilization's follies.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Penguin Island
- Author credits: France, Anatole (1844–1924)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Civilization, Western -- Fiction
- France -- Civilization -- Fiction
- Penguins -- Fiction
- Satire
Gutenberg collections
- Category: French Literature
- Category: Novels
- Nobel Prizes in Literature
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