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"Penguin Island" is a satirical novel written by Anatole France, a renowned French author, and intellectual. Originally published in French in 1908 under the title "L'Île des Pingouins," it is a biting satire that explores various aspects of human society and history through... Read Full Overview

Mael, a scion of a royal family of Cambria, was sent in his ninth year to the Abbey of Yvern so that he might there study both sacred and profane learning. At the age of fourteen he renounced his patrimony and took a vow to serve the Lord. His time was divided, according to the... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Mael, a scion of a royal family of Cambria, was sent in his ninth year to the Abbey of Yvern so that he might there study both sacred and profane learning. At the age of fourteen he renounced his patrimony and took a vow to serve the Lord. His time was divided, according to the... Read Full Overview

Penguin Island is a satirical fictional history by Nobel Prize winning French author Anatole France. 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... Read Full Overview

La isla de los ping inos es una cr tica de la naturaleza humana desde una perspectiva socialista en la que se satirizan la moral, las costumbres y las leyes. Por ejemplo, el origen de la aristocracia, se nos presenta con el asesinato brutal y descarado de un campesino y el robo... Read Full Overview

Mael, descendiente de una familia regia de Cambray, entr? a los nueve a?os en la abad?a de Yvern, adonde lo llevaron para que se instruyera en las letras sagradas y profanas. A la edad de catorce a?os renunci? a su herencia y se consagr? al Se?or. Distribu?a sus horas conforme... Read Full Overview

ANATOLE FRANCE, pseudonyme de Jacques Anatole-Fran?ois Thibault (1844-1924) ?crivain, journaliste et ?diteur. N? au sein d?une famille modeste, son p?re tenait une librairie quai Malaquais sp?cialis?e dans les ouvrages sur la R?volution fran?aise, il devra travailler lui m?me... Read Full Overview

La isla de los ping inos. ANATOLE FRANCE Francia 1844 - 1924

Penguin Island (original title: L' le des Pingouins) is a satirical novel by Anatole France, published in 1908. The book uses the fictional story of a society of penguins transformed into humans to critique various aspects of human society, such as religion, politics, and... Read Full Overview