01696cam a22003613u 4500 1930 UtSlPG 20260610133051.0 m cr n 260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ France, Anatole, 1844-1924 L'ile des pingouins. English Penguin Island Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2006 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Island_(novel) Release date is 2006-02-26 Aaron Cannon and David Widger "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. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Satire Penguins -- Fiction Civilization, Western -- Fiction France -- Civilization -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1930 44040 44040