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Can I read Penguin Island on EtoBox?
Penguin Island by France, Anatole; Miller, Ron is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Penguin Island about?
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Includes the original illustrations by Frank C. Pape Featured in Ron Miller's "The Conquest of Space Book Series." Anatole France's satiric classic, opens with a Christian missionary monk who accidentally lands on the island and mistakes the native penguins for people and baptizes them. This mistake causes a problem for God who normally only allows people to be baptized, so he resolves it by converting the penguins to people and giving them a soul. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Who reads Penguin Island?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- France, Anatole; Miller, Ron
- Publisher
- Baen Books
- Published
- 1909
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781618249968
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Science Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (726 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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