The works of the French novelist and essayist Anatole France (1844-1924) combine classical purity of style with penetrating flashes of irony. He is a major figure in the tradition of liberal humanism in French literature. Jacques Anatole François...
In 1927 poet Paul Valéry delivered his discours de réception, or initial speech, to the Académie Française after being elected two years earlier to fill the seat of Anatole France, who had died in October 1924. Remembering and...
Penguin Island (L'Île des Pingouins) is a satirical novel by Anatole France first published in 1908. The book details the history of the penguins and is written as a critique of human nature, and is also a satire on France's political history,...
Associated Press Denver Rocky Mountain News 01-11-1997 PENGUINS BATTLE PAST ISLANDERS PITTSBURGH - New York Islanders coach Mike Milbury was 0-2 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not only did his team lose to the Penguins, he came out on the short end of a...
PITTSBURGH -- Threepeat? Kaput. Pittsburgh's hopes for a third straight Stanley Cup vanished here last night when David Volek drove in a Ray Ferraro pass with 5:16 gone in overtime to hand the Islanders a 4-3 triumph over the Penguins in the...
