Penguin IslandBOOK VII. MODERN TIMESReading editionChapter navigation62 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterI. LIFE OF SAINT MAËLII. THE APOSTOLICAL VOCATION OF SAINT MAËLIII. THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT MAËLIV. ST. MAËL’S NAVIGATION ON THE OCEAN OF ICEV. THE BAPTISM OF THE PENGUINSVI. AN ASSEMBLY IN PARADISEVII. AN ASSEMBLY IN PARADISE (Continuation and End)VIII. METAMORPHOSIS OF THE PENGUINSI. THE FIRST CLOTHESII. THE FIRST CLOTHES (Continuation and End)III. SETTING BOUNDS TO THE FIELDS AND THE ORIGIN OF PROPERTYIV. THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF THE ESTATES OF PENGUINIAV. THE MARRIAGE OF KRAKEN AND ORBEROSIAVI. THE DRAGON OF ALCAVII. 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)I. BRIAN THE GOOD AND QUEEN GLAMORGANII. DRACO THE GREAT (Translation of the Relics of St. Orberosia)III. QUEEN CRUCHAIV. LETTERS: JOHANNES TALPAV. THE ARTS: THE PRIMITIVES OF PENGUIN PAINTINGVI. MARBODIUSVII. SIGNS IN THE MOONI. MOTHER ROUQUINII. TRINCOIII. THE JOURNEY OF DOCTOR OBNUBILEI. THE REVEREND FATHERS AGARIC AND CORNEMUSEII. PRINCE CRUCHOIII. THE CABALIV. VISCOUNTESS OLIVEV. THE PRINCE DES BOSCÉNOSVI. THE EMIRAL’S FALLVII. CONCLUSIONBOOK VI. MODERN TIMES: THE AFFAIR OF THE EIGHTY THOUSAND TRUSSES OF HAYI. GENERAL GREATAUK, DUKE OF SKULLII. PYROTIII. COUNT DE MAUBEC DE LA DENTDULYNXIV. COLOMBANV. THE REVEREND FATHERS AGARIC AND CORNEMUSEVI. THE SEVEN HUNDRED PYROTISTSVII. BIDAULT-COQUILLE AND MANIFLORE, THE SOCIALISTSVIII. THE COLOMBAN TRIALIX. FATHER DOUILLARDX. MR. JUSTICE CHAUSSEPIEDXI. CONCLUSIONBOOK VII. MODERN TIMESI. MADAME CLARENCE’S DRAWING-ROOMII. THE CHARITY OF ST. ORBEROSIAIII. HIPPOLYTE CÉRÈSIV. A POLITICIAN’S MARRIAGEV. THE VISIRE CABINETVI. THE SOFA OF THE FAVOURITEVII. THE FIRST CONSEQUENCESVIII. FURTHER CONSEQUENCESIX. THE FINAL CONSEQUENCESBOOK VIII. FUTURE TIMESPrevious chapter ←Book 6 — XI. CONCLUSIONNext chapter →Book 7 — I. MADAME CLARENCE’S DRAWING-ROOMAll chapters and sections (62)Opening pagesFront matterBook 1 · Other sectionsI. LIFE OF SAINT MAËLII. THE APOSTOLICAL VOCATION OF SAINT MAËLIII. THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT MAËLIV. ST. MAËL’S NAVIGATION ON THE OCEAN OF ICEV. THE BAPTISM OF THE PENGUINSVI. AN ASSEMBLY IN PARADISEVII. AN ASSEMBLY IN PARADISE (Continuation and End)VIII. METAMORPHOSIS OF THE PENGUINSBook 2 · Other sectionsI. THE FIRST CLOTHESII. THE FIRST CLOTHES (Continuation and End)III. SETTING BOUNDS TO THE FIELDS AND THE ORIGIN OF PROPERTYIV. THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF THE ESTATES OF PENGUINIAV. THE MARRIAGE OF KRAKEN AND ORBEROSIAVI. THE DRAGON OF ALCAVII. 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 3 · Other sectionsI. BRIAN THE GOOD AND QUEEN GLAMORGANII. DRACO THE GREAT (Translation of the Relics of St. Orberosia)III. QUEEN CRUCHAIV. LETTERS: JOHANNES TALPAV. THE ARTS: THE PRIMITIVES OF PENGUIN PAINTINGVI. MARBODIUSVII. SIGNS IN THE MOONBook 4 · Other sectionsI. MOTHER ROUQUINII. TRINCOIII. THE JOURNEY OF DOCTOR OBNUBILEBook 5 · Other sectionsI. THE REVEREND FATHERS AGARIC AND CORNEMUSEII. PRINCE CRUCHOIII. THE CABALIV. VISCOUNTESS OLIVEV. THE PRINCE DES BOSCÉNOSVI. THE EMIRAL’S FALLVII. CONCLUSIONBooks6Book 6 · Other sectionsI. GENERAL GREATAUK, DUKE OF SKULLII. PYROTIII. COUNT DE MAUBEC DE LA DENTDULYNXIV. COLOMBANV. THE REVEREND FATHERS AGARIC AND CORNEMUSEVI. THE SEVEN HUNDRED PYROTISTSVII. BIDAULT-COQUILLE AND MANIFLORE, THE SOCIALISTSVIII. THE COLOMBAN TRIALIX. FATHER DOUILLARDX. MR. JUSTICE CHAUSSEPIEDXI. CONCLUSIONBooks7Book 7 · Other sectionsI. MADAME CLARENCE’S DRAWING-ROOMII. THE CHARITY OF ST. ORBEROSIAIII. HIPPOLYTE CÉRÈSIV. A POLITICIAN’S MARRIAGEV. THE VISIRE CABINETVI. THE SOFA OF THE FAVOURITEVII. THE FIRST CONSEQUENCESVIII. FURTHER CONSEQUENCESIX. THE FINAL CONSEQUENCESBooks8MADAME CÉRÈS◇“Only extreme things are tolerable.” Count Robert de Montesquiou.◇← XI. CONCLUSIONI. MADAME CLARENCE’S DRAWING-ROOM →