PENGUIN ACTS OUT – Part The Fourth

Penguin has got himself into trouble this time! He had a weak point — this Fortunato — although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared.  He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at…

PENGUIN ACTS OUT – Part the Third

  One of the the wildest stories related to a Yellow Diamond — a famous gem in the native annals of India. … Partly from its peculiar colour, partly from a superstition which represented it as feeling the influence of the deity whom it adored, and growing and lessening in lustre with the waxing and…

Penguin Acts Out – Introduction

The super cool people at Penguin English Library have been having a little fun with a penguin figurine and some famous scenes in classic literature.  This has been christened Penguin Acts Out. I’ve been inspired to do the same but I’ve only done a couple so far.  Watch this space for my contribution to Penguin…