Ile des pingouins
Anatole France
1908
"Penguin Island" from Anatole France. French poet, journalist, and novelist (1844-1924).
Ile des pingouins vs These twain
Both "Ile des pingouins" by Anatole France and "These twain" by Arnold Bennett are popular choices for readers interested in Fiction, humorous, general and Translations into English. This comparison helps you decide which to read first — or whether both belong on your list.
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These twain
Arnold Bennett
1914
Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 - 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as the theatre, journalism, propaganda and films. Bennett was born in a modest house in Hanley in the Potteries district of Staffordshire. Hanley was one of the Six Towns that were joined together at the beginning of the 20th century as Stoke-on-Trent and are depicted as "the Five Towns" in some of Bennett's novels. Enoch Bennett, his father, qualified as a solicitor in 1876, and the family moved to a larger house between Hanley and Burslem.
Published 1914
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