Penguin Island by Anatole France Contents BOOK I. THE BEGINNINGS I. LIFE OF SAINT MAËL II. THE APOSTOLICAL VOCATION OF SAINT MAËL III. THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT MAËL IV. ST. MAËL’S NAVIGATION ON THE OCEAN OF ICE V. THE BAPTISM OF THE PENGUINS VI. AN ASSEMBLY IN PARADISE VII. AN ASSEMBLY IN PARADISE (Continuation and End) VIII. METAMORPHOSIS OF THE PENGUINS BOOK II. THE ANCIENT TIMES I. THE FIRST CLOTHES II. THE FIRST CLOTHES (Continuation and End) III. SETTING BOUNDS TO THE FIELDS AND THE ORIGIN OF PROPERTY IV. THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF THE ESTATES OF PENGUINIA V. THE MARRIAGE OF KRAKEN AND ORBEROSIA VI. THE DRAGON OF ALCA VII. THE DRAGON OF ALCA (Continuation) VIII. THE DRAGON OF ALCA (Continuation) IX. THE DRAGON OF ALCA (Continuation) X. THE DRAGON OF ALCA (Continuation) XI. THE DRAGON OF ALCA (Continuation) XII. THE DRAGON OF ALCA (Continuation) XIII. THE DRAGON OF ALCA (Continuation and End) BOOK III. THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE I. BRIAN THE GOOD AND QUEEN GLAMORGAN II. DRACO THE GREAT (Translation of the Relics of St. Orberosia) III. QUEEN CRUCHA IV. LETTERS: JOHANNES TALPA V. THE ARTS: THE PRIMITIVES OF PENGUIN PAINTING VI. MARBODIUS VII. SIGNS IN THE MOON BOOK IV. MODERN TIMES: TRINCO I. MOTHER ROUQUIN II. TRINCO III. THE JOURNEY OF DOCTOR OBNUBILE BOOK V. MODERN TIMES: CHATILLON I. THE REVEREND FATHERS AGARIC AND CORNEMUSE II. PRINCE CRUCHO III. THE CABAL IV. VISCOUNTESS OLIVE V. THE PRINCE DES BOSCÉNOS VI. THE EMIRAL’S FALL VII. CONCLUSION BOOK VI. MODERN TIMES. I. GENERAL GREATAUK, DUKE OF SKULL II. PYROT III. COUNT DE MAUBEC DE LA DENTDULYNX IV. COLOMBAN V. THE REVEREND FATHERS AGARIC AND CORNEMUSE VI. THE SEVEN HUNDRED PYROTISTS VII. BIDAULT-COQUILLE AND MANIFLORE, THE SOCIALISTS VIII. THE COLOMBAN TRIAL IX. FATHER DOUILLARD X. MR. JUSTICE CHAUSSEPIED XI. CONCLUSION BOOK VII. MODERN TIMES I. MADAME CLARENCE’S DRAWING-ROOM II. THE CHARITY OF ST. ORBEROSIA III. HIPPOLYTE CÉRÈS IV. A POLITICIAN’S MARRIAGE V. THE VISIRE CABINET VI. THE SOFA OF THE FAVOURITE VII. THE FIRST CONSEQUENCES VIII. FURTHER CONSEQUENCES IX. THE FINAL CONSEQUENCES BOOK VIII. FUTURE TIMES BOOK I. THE BEGINNINGS I. LIFE OF SAINT MAËL Maël, a scion of a royal family of Cambria, was sent in his ninth year to the Abbey of Yvern so that he might there study both sacred and profane learning. At the age of fourteen he renounced his patrimony and took a vow to serve the Lord. His time was divided, according to the rule, between the singing of hymns, the study of grammar, and the meditation of eternal truths.