Penguin Island (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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Author: Anatole France ISBN: 9781411444683
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publication: March 22, 2011
Imprint: Barnes & Noble Language: English
Author: Anatole France
ISBN: 9781411444683
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication: March 22, 2011
Imprint: Barnes & Noble
Language: English

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.

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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.

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