About “Penguin Island”
<Penguin Island> is a comic novel by Anatole France, published in 1908. It satirizes the history of France, from its prehistory to a distant future. The story follows St. Maël, a myopic missionary who, after a storm-tossed voyage of evangelization, lands on an island inhabited by penguins. Mistaking them for humans, he baptizes them, starting a conflict in Heaven and beginning the history of the Penguin nation.
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- Latest edition
- 2017 · ISBN 9781544198200
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| Cover | Edition | Year | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Penguin Island | 2021 | 9798506239161 | Buy on Amazon |
| Penguin Island | 2021 | 9798710258859 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Penguin Island | 2021 | 9798727270905 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Penguin Island | 2017 | 9781544198200 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Penguin Island | 2016 | 9780486813394 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Penguin Island | 2015 | 9781512032789 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Penguin Island | 2015 | 9781522811398 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Penguin Island | 2011 | 9781434413949 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Penguin Island | 2010 | 9780557324507 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Penguin Island | 2009 | 9781434479273 | Buy on Amazon |
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