Flatland

A Romance of Many Dimensions by A Square

By: Edwin Abbott

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Paperback | 3 May 2010 | Edition Number 1

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A "romance in many dimensions" that has fascinated generations of readers with its clever blend of social satire and mathematical theory

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A work that continues to pose provocative questions about perception and reality, Flatland is a brilliant parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth-its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. The amiable narrator, A Square, provides an overview of this fantastic world-its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs and religious beliefs. But when a strange visitor mysteriously appears and transports the incredulous Flatlander to the Land of Three Dimensions, his world view is forever shattered. Written more than a century ago, Flatland conceals within its brilliant parody of Victorian society speculations about the universe that resonate in Einstein's theory of relativity as well as the current "string-theory" of nature.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Limitations	p. ix
Introduction	p. xv
Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884, by the Editor	p. xix
This World
Of the Nature of Flatland	p. 1
Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland	p. 4
Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland	p. 7
Concerning the Women	p. 11
Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another	p. 18
Of Recognition by Sight	p. 24
Concerning Irregular Figures	p. 31
Of the Ancient Practice of Painting	p. 36
Of the Universal Colour Bill	p. 39
Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition	p. 44
Concerning Our Priests	p. 50
Of the Doctrine of Our Priests	p. 53
Other Worlds
How I Had a Vision of Lineland	p. 61
How I Vainly Tried to Explain the Nature of Flatland	p. 67
Concerning a Strange from Spaceland	p. 74
How the Stranger Vainly Endeavoured to Reveal to Me in Words the Mysteries of Spaceland	p. 78
How the Sphere, Having in Vain Tried Words, Resorted to Deeds	p. 89
How I Came to Spaceland, and What I Saw There	p. 92
How, Though the Sphere Shewed Me Other Mysteries of Spaceland, I Still Desired More; and What Came of It	p. 98
How the Sphere Encouraged Me in a Vision	p. 107
How I Tried to Teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to My Grandson, and with What Success	p. 111
How I Then Tried to Diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by Other Means, and of the Result	p. 115
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