Project Gutenberg 2009-03-25 Public domain in the USA. 67 Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron 1803 1873 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton, 1st Baron Bulwer, Edward Lytton Lytton, Edward Bulwer Frary, Raoul 1842 1892 The coming race. French La race future Produced by Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "La race future" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton is a novel written in the late 19th century. This speculative fiction explores the potential future of humanity, focusing on the lives of a civilization that has developed underground and is contrasted with the flawed societal structures of the present world. The book introduces us to the protagonist, who encounters and interacts with the Vril-ya, a race of highly advanced beings that have achieved a harmonious existence free from the conflicts and struggles that characterize contemporary life. At the start of the novel, the narrator recounts his background, including his family's past in America and their failed political aspirations. He embarks on an exploration of a mine where he is drawn deeper into its mysteries, ultimately discovering a vast underground world inhabited by the Vril-ya. This initial portion details his sense of wonder and dread as he learns about this new society, the strange beings he encounters, and the secrets housed within the depths of the earth. The opening sets the stage for a philosophical exploration of civilization, progress, and the implications of a utopia devoid of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Science fiction Utopias -- Fiction Utopian fiction Civilization, Subterranean -- Fiction Underground areas -- Fiction PR Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 377235 377244 2024-09-12T08:47:32.505976 2023-09-12T11:59:11.930743 text/html text/html 367869 2021-01-04T21:45:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 139089 2021-01-04T21:45:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 185982 2024-09-12T08:47:37.599980 application/epub+zip 192897 2024-09-12T08:47:33.764984 application/epub+zip 192897 2024-09-12T08:47:32.985000 application/epub+zip 340751 2024-09-12T08:47:40.951938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313273 2024-09-12T08:47:37.112992 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313201 2022-09-13T08:53:10.189770 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363447 363191 2024-09-12T08:47:32.125002 2023-09-12T11:59:11.578795 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 354233 2021-01-04T21:45:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 134747 2021-01-04T21:45:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20977 2024-09-12T08:47:41.089939 application/rdf+xml 9506 2024-09-12T08:47:33.330980 image/jpeg 2552 2024-09-12T08:47:33.154981 image/jpeg 183755 2024-09-12T08:47:32.542026 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia