Project Gutenberg 2006-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 200 France, Anatole 1844 1924 Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-François Thibault, Jacques-Anatole-Francois Thibault, Anatole L'ile des pingouins. English Penguin Island Aaron Cannon and David Widger "Penguin Island" by Anatole France is a satirical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative explores the whimsical and fantastical adventures of Saint Maël, an apostle who is dedicated to spreading Christianity among the inhabitants of a fictional island populated by penguins. The story intertwines themes of religion, morality, and the inherent absurdities of human nature presented through the lens of anthropomorphic penguins. The opening of "Penguin Island" introduces us to Saint Maël, who embarks on a mission to evangelize the native penguins. He renounces his royal heritage at a young age to serve as a monk and soon becomes the abbot of a monastery. As the narrative unfolds, he experiences a series of trials that test his faith and commitment, including encounters with pagans and the temptations presented by a personified devil. Notably, Maël mistakenly believes he is baptizing humans when he actually performs this sacrament on the penguins of the island, leading to a chain of whimsical events that challenge the nature of religious doctrine and the essence of humanity itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Satire Penguins -- Fiction Civilization, Western -- Fiction France -- Civilization -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 538470 538883 2024-09-01T11:27:56.152564 2023-10-01T10:23:45.493460 text/html text/html 550790 2021-05-11T13:29:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 458955 2021-05-11T13:32:51 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 460099 2024-09-01T11:28:04.355536 application/epub+zip 462303 2024-09-01T11:27:57.037549 application/epub+zip 338234 2024-09-01T11:27:56.591562 application/epub+zip 580973 2024-09-01T11:28:09.997502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529899 2024-09-01T11:28:03.941544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406103 2022-09-01T12:55:35.635239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506264 506252 2024-09-01T11:27:55.392575 2023-10-01T10:23:44.755407 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 506214 2021-05-11T13:31:47 text/plain; charset=utf-8 195584 2021-05-11T13:32:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19410 2024-09-01T11:28:10.140472 application/rdf+xml 14981 2024-09-01T11:27:56.717547 image/jpeg 2270 2024-09-01T11:27:56.651545 image/jpeg 460019 2024-09-01T11:27:56.202573 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia