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Penguin Island by Anatole France
by Loyal Books
An old monk is tricked by the Devil into undertaking a voyage to a remote island to save the souls of thousands who live there. He arrives on the island which is actually a desolate one, inhabited only by colonies of millions of penguins. The old monk whose eyesight and hearing are almost nonexistent, mistakes them for humans and begins baptizing them. In Heaven, God finds Himself in a dilemma; the old monk's unwavering faith compels him to regard the baptisms as genuine.However, in Christian theology, only humans have souls – hence God is forced to grant the thousands of newly baptized penguins with souls! This is the beginning of their journey into “civilization.” They form communities, governments, elect their representatives, have social norms, wage wars and generally do whatever “civilized” people do. What happens to this bizarre community forms the rest of the plot of this very interesting and amusing satire.Penguin Island by Anatole France was published in 1908 under the ori
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01 Bk1 Ch1 – Life of Saint Mael
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02 Bk1 Ch2 – The Apostolical Vocation of Saint Mael
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03 Bk1 Ch3 – The Temptation of Saint Mael
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04 Bk1 Ch4 – Saint Mael’s Navigation on the Ocean of Ice
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05 Bk1 Ch5 – The Baptism of the Penguins
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06 Bk1 Ch6 – An Assembly in Paradise
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07 Bk1 Ch7 – An Assembly in Paradise (Continuation and End)
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08 Bk1 Ch8 – Metamorphosis of the Penguins
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09 Bk2 Ch1 – The First Clothes
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10 Bk2 Ch2 – The First Clothes (Continuation and End)
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11 Bk2 Ch3 – Setting Bounds to the Fields and the Origin of Property
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12 Bk2 Ch4 – The First Assembly of the Estates of Penguinia
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13 Bk2 Ch5 – The Marriage of Kraken and Orberosia
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14 Bk2 Ch6 – The Dragon of Alca
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15 Bk2 Ch7 – The Dragon of Alca (Continuation)
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16 Bk2 Ch8 – The Dragon of Alca (Continuation)
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17 Bk2 Ch9 – The Dragon of Alca (Continuation)
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18 Bk2 Ch10 – The Dragon of Alca (Continuation)
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19 Bk2 Ch11 – The Dragon of Alca (Continuation)
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20 Bk2 Ch12 – The Dragon of Alca (Continuation)
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21 Bk2 Ch13 – The Dragon of Alca (Continuation and End)
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22 Bk3 Ch1 – Brian the Good and Queen Glamorgan
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23 Bk3 Ch2 – Draco the Great (Translation of the the Relics of St. Orberosia)
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24 Bk3 Ch3 – Queen Crucha
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25 Bk3 Ch4 – Letters: Johannes Talpa
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26 Bk3 Ch5 – The Primitives of Penguin Painting
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27 Bk3 Ch6 – Marbodius
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28 Bk3 Ch7 – Signs in the Moon
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29 Bk4 Ch1 – Modern Times: Trinco
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30 Bk4 Ch2 – Trinco
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31 Bk4 Ch3 – The Journey of Doctor Obnubile
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32 Bk5 Ch1 – The Reverend Fathers Agaric and Cornemuse
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33 Bk5 Ch2 – Prince Crucho
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34 Bk5 Ch3 – The Cabal
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35 Bk5 Ch4 – Viscountess Olive
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36 Bk5 Ch5 – The Prince des Boscenos
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37 Bk5 Ch6 – The Emiral’s Fall
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38 Bk5 Ch7 – Conclusion
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39 Bk6 Ch1 – General Greatauk, Duke of Skull
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40 Bk6 Ch2 – Pyrot
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41 Bk6 Ch3 – Count de Maubec de la Dentulynx
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42 Bk6 Ch4 – Columban
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43 Bk6 Ch5 – The Reverand Fathers Agaric and Cornemuse
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44 Bk6 Ch6 – The Seven Hundred Pyrotists
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45 Bk6 Ch7 – Bidault-Coquille and Maniflore, The Socialists
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46 Bk6 Ch8 – The Columban Trial
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47 Bk6 Ch9 – Father Douillard
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48 Bk6 Ch10 – Mr. Justice Chaussepied
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49 Bk6 Ch11 – Conclusion
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50 Bk7 Ch1 – Madame Clarence’s Drawing Room
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An old monk is tricked by the Devil into undertaking a voyage to a remote island to save the souls of thousands who live there. He arrives on the island which is actually a desolate one, inhabited only by colonies of millions of penguins. The old monk whose eyesight and hearing are almost nonexistent, mistakes them for humans and begins baptizing them. In Heaven, God finds Himself in a dilemma; the old monk's unwavering faith compels him to regard the baptisms as genuine.However, in Christian theology, only humans have souls – hence God is forced to grant the thousands of newly baptized penguins with souls! This is the beginning of their journey into “civilization.” They form communities, governments, elect their representatives, have social norms, wage wars and generally do whatever “civilized” people do. What happens to this bizarre community forms the rest of the plot of this very interesting and amusing satire.Penguin Island by Anatole France was published in 1908 under the ori
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