Penguin Island

by Anatole France · 1908

A satirical mock-history of a nation of penguins accidentally baptized into humanity, skewering French society and history.

Books mentioned in Penguin Island (9)

• The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri: “imaginary descriptions, like Dante Alighieri's 'Divine Comedy,' of the supposed abode of the dead”
• Natural History by Pliny the Elder: “We have vainly sought for this phrase in Pliny's 'Natural History.'”
• The Aeneid by Virgil: “the poet Virgil demonstrated in his 'Aeneid'”
• Eclogues by Virgil: “In truth I have not in my fourth Eclogue betrayed the faith of my ancestors; 'JAM REDIT ET VIRGO'”
• The Voyage of St. Brendan: “we may mention 'The Voyage of St. Brendan' ... imaginary descriptions of the supposed abode of the dead”
• The Vision of Albericus: “'The Vision of Albericus' ... imaginary descriptions of the supposed abode of the dead”
• St. Patrick's Purgatory: “and 'St. Patrick's Purgatory,' imaginary descriptions of the supposed abode of the dead”
• Philosophical, Political, and Critical History of Christianity by Louis de Potter: “the third volume of his 'Philosophical, Political, and Critical History of Christianity'”
• Memoirs of Jacques Casanova by Giacomo Casanova: “the skeleton of a dragon ... a proof that the dragon is not a fabulous animal.—Memoirs of Jacques Casanova, Paris, 1843”

Books that mention Penguin Island (1)

• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez: “He was immersed in L'Ile des pingouins, the novel that everyone was reading in those days, and he answered without surfacing: "Oui."”