Penguin Island by Anatole France ~ Full Audiobook [comedy]

Penguin Island by Anatole France audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In Penguin Island, Anatole France delivers a sly, sweeping satire of civilization by imagining a world where a well-meaning, half-blind monk accidentally baptizes a colony of penguins, forcing heaven and earth to decide what, exactly, these newly converted creatures are. Transformed into people and granted a history of their own, the penguins begin building a society complete with laws, property, religion, politics, and all the comforting myths and brutal contradictions that come with them. As generations pass, the island's chronicles trace the rise of institutions and ideologies, the ambitions of leaders and thinkers, and the everyday compromises that turn lofty ideals into convenient slogans. Along the way, France introduces a gallery of clerics, scholars, soldiers, financiers, and reformers who argue over truth and morality while pursuing power, prestige, and survival. Bitingly funny and unexpectedly tender, the novel uses its absurd premise to expose how nations invent their past, justify their injustices, and repeat their follies, even when they believe they are marching toward progress.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:03:31) Chapter 2

(00:13:16) Chapter 3

(00:20:11) Chapter 4

(00:26:12) Chapter 5

(00:32:38) Chapter 6

(00:51:18) Chapter 7

(01:02:09) Chapter 8

(01:05:54) Chapter 9

(01:16:47) Chapter 10

(01:18:38) Chapter 11

(01:27:18) Chapter 12

(01:32:49) Chapter 13

(01:37:27) Chapter 14

(01:43:03) Chapter 15

(01:48:03) Chapter 16

(01:54:12) Chapter 17

(01:59:28) Chapter 18

(02:06:29) Chapter 19

(02:12:49) Chapter 20

(02:18:53) Chapter 21

(02:23:19) Chapter 22

(02:31:37) Chapter 23

(02:38:34) Chapter 24

(02:45:13) Chapter 25

(02:52:47) Chapter 26

(03:04:19) Chapter 27

(03:30:26) Chapter 28

(03:33:49) Chapter 29

(03:43:44) Chapter 30

(03:50:22) Chapter 31

(03:59:43) Chapter 32

(04:14:48) Chapter 33

(04:20:41) Chapter 34

(04:30:47) Chapter 35

(04:39:28) Chapter 36

(04:50:47) Chapter 37

(05:05:58) Chapter 38

(05:12:59) Chapter 39

(05:19:58) Chapter 40

(05:27:26) Chapter 41

(05:35:08) Chapter 42

(05:41:40) Chapter 43

(05:50:58) Chapter 44

(06:00:20) Chapter 45

(06:13:13) Chapter 46

(06:25:20) Chapter 47

(06:35:48) Chapter 48

(06:44:35) Chapter 49

(06:52:19) Chapter 50

(07:00:36) Chapter 51

(07:09:34) Chapter 52

(07:22:13) Chapter 53

(07:30:58) Chapter 54

(07:41:45) Chapter 55

(07:51:01) Chapter 56

(07:58:23) Chapter 57

(08:11:59) Chapter 58

(08:29:51) Chapter 59

(08:43:25) Chapter 60

(08:51:56) Chapter 61

(09:02:55) Chapter 62

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