On a white stone. Thais. Pearlian casket

The socio-philosophical novel “On the White Stone” is one of the brightest, fascinating novels of the French writer Anatoly France. In it, the writer recreates the paintings of the archaic ancient Greek and ancient Roman society, and they follow the utopian image of the communist society of the future.
The philosophical story Thais is based on a church legend about the appeal to Christianity of the Alexandrian courtesan, which became Holy Taisia ​​after death. The story was a grand success and was popular not only in France, but also in England, Italy, America and Russia.
The book also included the chosen novels from the collection of novels “Pearlian Casket” dedicated to early Christianity and stylized in the form of church legends