Penguin Island (Unabridged)
Anatole France
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
In the icy waters of the South, a chance encounter with a bumbling monk changes the fate of a penguin colony forever. Christened into a peculiar new existence, the penguins cast off their feathers and take up the ways of man. But beneath their borrowed clothes and hats, the same old penguin desires simmer: the thirst for power, the allure of conflict, the endless squabbles over pebbles and fish. Welcome to Penguinia, a nation mirroring our own in its absurdity and ambition, its triumphs and tribulations. Prepare to be both amused and discomforted by this tale that asks: can we truly escape our inherent nature, or are we forever destined to waddle through the same follies, flightless and fancy-free?
Duration - 8h 29m.
Author - Anatole France.
Narrator - Digital Voice Marcus G.
Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2022 Falcon Press ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. In the icy waters of the South, a chance encounter with a bumbling monk changes the fate of a penguin colony forever. Christened into a peculiar new existence, the penguins cast off their feathers and take up the ways of man. But beneath their borrowed clothes and hats, the same old penguin desires simmer: the thirst for power, the allure of conflict, the endless squabbles over pebbles and fish. Welcome to Penguinia, a nation mirroring our own in its absurdity and ambition, its triumphs and tribulations. Prepare to be both amused and discomforted by this tale that asks: can we truly escape our inherent nature, or are we forever destined to waddle through the same follies, flightless and fancy-free? Duration - 8h 29m. Author - Anatole France. Narrator - Digital Voice Marcus G. Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025. Copyright - © 2022 Falcon Press ©.
Language:
English
Titlepage
Duration:00:00:08
Preface
Duration:00:17:55
Penguin Island
Duration:00:00:03
Book I: The Beginnings
Duration:00:00:04
I: Life of Saint Maël
Duration:00:02:37
II: The Apostolical Vocation of Saint Maël
Duration:00:08:32
III: The Temptation of Saint Maël
Duration:00:05:36
IV: St. Maël’s Navigation on the Ocean of Ice
Duration:00:04:39
V: The Baptism of the Penguins
Duration:00:05:10
VI: An Assembly in Paradise
Duration:00:16:07
VIII: Metamorphosis of the Penguins
Duration:00:02:38
Book II: The Ancient Times
Duration:00:00:04
I: The First Clothes
Duration:00:09:16
II: The First Clothes
Duration:00:01:17
III: Setting Bounds to the Fields and the Origin of Property
Duration:00:07:21
IV: The First Assembly of the Estates of Penguinia
Duration:00:04:38
V: The Marriage of Kraken and Orberosia
Duration:00:03:45
VI: The Dragon of Alca
Duration:00:05:01
VII: The Dragon of Alca
Duration:00:03:49
VIII: The Dragon of Alca
Duration:00:05:10
IX: The Dragon of Alca
Duration:00:04:26
X: The Dragon of Alca
Duration:00:05:57
XI: The Dragon of Alca
Duration:00:05:40
XII: The Dragon of Alca
Duration:00:04:57
Book III: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Duration:00:00:06
I: Brian the Good and Queen Glamorgan
Duration:00:06:45
II: Draco the Great
Duration:00:05:48
III: Queen Crucha
Duration:00:05:36
IV: Letters
Duration:00:06:23
V: The Arts
Duration:00:07:02
Margaritone’s Vision
Duration:00:03:13
VI: Marbodius
Duration:00:01:04
The Descent of Marbodius Into Hell
Duration:00:21:29
VII: Signs in the Moon
Duration:00:02:50
Book IV: Trinco
Duration:00:00:06
I: Mother Rouquin
Duration:00:08:57
II: Trinco
Duration:00:01:52
Account of the Travels of Young Djambi in Penguinia
Duration:00:04:03
III: The Journey of Doctor Obnubile
Duration:00:08:34
Book V: Chatillon
Duration:00:00:06
I: The Reverend Fathers Agaric and Cornemuse
Duration:00:14:07
II: Prince Crucho
Duration:00:05:22
III: The Cabal
Duration:00:09:10
IV: Viscountess Olive
Duration:00:07:56
V: The Prince des Boscénos
Duration:00:10:44
VI: The Emiral’s Fall
Duration:00:14:47
VII: Conclusion
Duration:00:06:35
Book VI: The Affair of the Eighty Thousand Trusses of Hay
Duration:00:00:24
I: General Greatauk, Duke of Skull
Duration:00:06:13
II: Pyrot
Duration:00:06:41
III: Count de Maubec de la Dentdulynx
Duration:00:06:45
IV: Colomban
Duration:00:05:47
V: The Reverend Fathers Agaric and Cornemuse
Duration:00:08:43
VI: The Seven Hundred Pyrotists
Duration:00:08:34
VII: Bidault-Coquille and Maniflore, the Socialists
Duration:00:12:41
VIII: The Colomban Trial
Duration:00:10:48
IX: Father Douillard
Duration:00:09:29
X: Mr. Justice Chaussepied
Duration:00:08:21
XI: Conclusion
Duration:00:07:31
Book VII: Madame Cérès
Duration:00:00:12
I: Madame Clarence’s Drawing Room
Duration:00:07:30
II: The Charity of St. Orberosia
Duration:00:08:10
III: Hippolyte Cérès
Duration:00:12:10
IV: A Politician’s Marriage
Duration:00:08:17
V: The Visire Cabinet
Duration:00:09:56
VI: The Sofa of the Favourite
Duration:00:07:53
VII: The First Consequences
Duration:00:06:53
VIII: Further Consequences
Duration:00:13:27
IX: The Final Consequences
Duration:00:11:42
The Zenith of Penguin Civilization
Duration:00:06:11
Book VIII: Future Times
Duration:00:01:32
§ 1
Duration:00:11:35
§ 2
Duration:00:08:06
§ 3
Duration:00:10:51
§ 4
Duration:00:02:46