"Satirical, Novel." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "This 1908 satire of human nature and culture—including a famous episode inspired by the Dreyfus affair—concerns an island of great auks whose avian inhabitants, mistakenly baptized by a nearsighted missionary, are transformed into human beings by God, who is eager to rectify the embarrassing error." . . "This masterwork of satire is a must-read for anyone who has ever rolled their eyes at the soft-focus, heavily romanticized histories of Europe's origins that were popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In Anatole France's hilarious account, a half-blind missionary lands on a remote island and immediately sets about converting all the natives (which are actually penguins) to Christianity. Centuries' worth of historical hijinks ensue."@en . . . . . "Penguin island : a translation by A.W. Evans"@en . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "Penguin Island. (A translation by A.W. Evans.)"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A near-sighted holy man, cast upon an island off the Breton coast, proceeds to baptize its population of penguins." . . . . . . . "Penguin Island : a translation by A.W. Evans"@en . "A history of Penguin Island in the Pacific."@en . . "Penguin Island. A translation by A.W. Evans"@en . "Penguin island; a translation by A.W. Evans"@en . . "Fantasy fiction"@en . "Software"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Downloadable World Book ebooks"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Satirical fiction"@en . . . . . "Translations" . "Translations"@en . . . . . . . . "Satire" . "Satire"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Penguin Island" . "Penguin Island"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Penguin Island ... A translation by E.W. Evans [i.e. A.W. Evans]"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Penguin island"@en . "Penguin island"@es . "Penguin island" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Romans (teksten)" . . . . . . . . . . . "Penguin Island. With an Introd. by H.R. Steeves"@en . . . . . . "Penguin Island (1908; French: L'Ile des Pingouins) 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 nationalism. It is about a fictitious island of penguins that exists on the northern coast of Europe. The history begins when a wayward Christian missionary monk accidentally lands on the island and sees the penguins as a sort of Greek pre-Christian pagan society. Partly blind, he mistakes."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Penguin island, by anatole france" . . . "Computer version of France's Penguin Island in English translation, plus DOS applications."@en . . "Penguin island : a translation, by A.W. Evans"@en . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . . . . . . "\"A fictional history of a fake island full of fake penguins (or the real bird, the great auk). It's satire\" --Provided by publisher."@en . . . "This is a wonderfully witty and thought-provoking novel that presents the history of the state of Pingouinie as an allegorical story of (mostly French) history. Reading the original French is definitely recommended as France's command of language is second to none, and his nuanced text proves a delight to read. While I know enough French history to pick up on many of the allusions, I am sure there are many more that would meet a more discerning eye, but there is much that is also a commentary on society in general. The book ends with a poignantly apocalyptic vision of the future that is, in many ways, the most beautiful and heart-rending part of the book, and rings even more true now, 103 years after it was written."@en . . . "Penguin Island ... Translated by A.W. Evans"@en . . . . . . . . "Penguin Island : translated from the French by A. W. Evans and illustrated with water colors by Sylvain Sauvage" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "An ironical history of the human race as presented in the annals of the penguins, a nation of birds accidentally baptised as men by an aged priest. For other editions, see Author Catalog." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Powieść francuska" . . . . . "Vertalingen (vorm)" . "French fiction Translations into English." . . . . "Penguins Fiction." . . "Electronic books." . . "Carnegie-Mellon University. English Department." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Literatura francesa." . . "Civilization." . . "FICTION General." . . "FICTION / General" . "Politics and government" . . "French literature 20th century Translations into English." . . "France" . . "France." . "1800 - 1899" . . "Literature." . . "French literature." . . "Penguins." . . "Satire." . . "Fiction." . . "francoska književnost roman." . . "Civilization, Western Fiction." . . "Novela francesa." . . "Imaginary histories." . .