France, Anatole 1844-1924 creator text utu 2004 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Sur la pierre blanche" by Anatole France is a philosophical novel published in 1905. Set among ancient Roman ruins, five French friends engage in dialogues about humanity's evolution, racism, colonialism, and the limits of predicting the future. The work weaves together historical episodes—including a reimagined encounter between a Roman proconsul and the Apostle Paul—with a utopian vision of 2270, where a global federation has abolished inequality and private ownership of production. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sur_la_pierre_blanche Release date is 2004-12-01 Produced by Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. is file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr Original publication data not identified French fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7173 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7173 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133203.0 7173