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  1. Penguin Island (1908; French: L'Île des Pingouins) is a satirical fictional history by French author Anatole France . Plot. Penguin Island is written in the style of a sprawling 18th- and 19th-century history book, concerned with grand metanarratives, mythologizing heroes, hagiography and romantic nationalism.

  2. Jan 21, 2021 · III. THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT MAËL The blessed Maël had scarcely restored order in the Abbey of Yvern before he learned that the inhabitants of the island of Hœdic, his first catechumens and the dearest of all to his heart, had returned to paganism, and that they were hanging crowns of flowers and fillets of wool to the branches of the sacred fig-tree.

  3. Jan 4, 2023 · Penguin island. by. Anatole France. Publication date. 1909. Collection. internetarchivebooks. Contributor. Internet Archive.

  4. Feb 26, 2006 · France, Anatole, 1844-1924: Uniform Title: L'ile des pingouins. English Title: Penguin Island Credits: Aaron Cannon and David Widger Language: English: LoC Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Subject: Satire Subject: Penguins -- Fiction Subject: Civilization, Western -- Fiction Subject

  5. 3.66. 1,974 ratings242 reviews. Penguin Island is a satirical novel by Anatole France first published in 1908. The book details the history of the penguins and is written as a critique of human nature, and is also a satire on France's political history, including the Dreyfus affair.

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  7. Penguin Island. Hardcover – January 1, 1940. by Anatole France (Author) 4.0 88 ratings. See all formats and editions.

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  8. Oct 1, 2002 · Penguin Island in all its peculiar glory: this is the tale of the enchanted island island where the nearsighted Abbot Mael baptised penguins in error. These penguins posessed of Divine Grace by dint of baptism are remarkably like and unlike men; they rule the fictional land of Penguinia.

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