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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin Abbott Abbott

  • Fantasy
  • Book language: English
  • 93 pages

Flatland is a short satirical novella narrated by A Square, a resident of a two-dimensional world. It uses geometry and a journey to other dimensions to examine society, hierarchy, and the limits of perception. Worth listening for its playful blend of fantasy, mathematics, and social commentary.

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Flatland: A Romance of Many
Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926.
English scholar, theologian, and writer.)
title page; O day and night, but this is wondrous strange;
FLATLANDS; A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS
With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE (Edwin A.
Abbott)
To
The Inhabitants of SPACE IN GENERAL
And H. C. IN PARTICULAR
This Work is Dedicated
By a Humble Native of Flatland
In the Hope that
Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries
Of THREE Dimensions
Having been previously conversant
With ONLY TWO
So the Citizens of that Celestial Region
May aspire yet higher and higher

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Contents

  1. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
  2. Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926. English scholar, theologian, and writer.)
  3. With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE (Edwin A. Abbott)
  4. To The Inhabitants of SPACE IN GENERAL And H. C. IN PARTICULAR This Work is Dedicated By a Humble Native of Flatland In
  5. Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884. By the Editor
  6. CONTENTS:
  7. PART II: OTHER WORLDS
  8. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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