# Professor Haddock — Penguin Island character guide

> Professor Haddock in Penguin Island by Anatole France.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0061-i-madame-clarence-s-drawing-room

## Who they are

A scholar or scientist appearing in later books.

## In the story

### [Madame Clarence’s Drawing Room](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/i-madame-clarence-s-drawing-room)

A verbose and insupportable professor who dominates the conversation with his controversial views on love and morality.

### [III: Hippolyte Cérès](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/iii-hippolyte-c-r-s)

Offers cynical and provocative remarks on love and female modesty.

### [VI: The Sofa of the Favourite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/vi-the-sofa-of-the-favourite)

Professor Haddock is mentioned for his scientific analysis of the probability of Eveline finding a lover equivalent to Visire.

### [IX: The Final Consequences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/ix-the-final-consequences)

Cited for a learned article attributing provincial women's virtue to low shoe heels.

### [§ 3](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/3)

Mentioned as 'the famous Professor Tigre' who perishes in the explosion of the egg-shaped bomb.

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