Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (version 2)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Published 1800 -1900, Satire, Humorous Fiction, Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics, Fantasy Fiction

Authors: Edwin Abbott Abbott In Year : 1884

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (version 2)

PREFACE TO THE SECOND AND REVISED EDITION, 1884, BY THE EDITOR
Of the Nature of Flatland
Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
Concerning the Women
Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another
Of Recognition by Sight
Concerning Irregular Figures
Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
Of the Universal Colour Bill
Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
Concerning Our Priests
Of the Doctrine of Our Priests
How I had a Vision of Lineland
How I Vainly Tried to Explain the Nature of Flatland
Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
How the Stranger Vainly Endeavored to Reveal to Me in Words the Mysteries of Spaceland
How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds
How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there
How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it
How the Sphere encouraged me in a vision
How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success
How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result

This is a satirical novel written by Edwin A. Abbott, first published in 1884. Abbott uses a two-dimensional world, with himself as the protagonist, known simply as "A Square", to deride the Victorian aristocracy and its hierarchies. But the book has retained its value throughout the years for its unique portrayal of a two-dimensional world, and how a Sphere introduces the Square to the incomprehensible possibility of a third dimension. Once the square fully understands the third dimension, he suggests to the Sphere that even a fourth, fifth, or sixth dimension could exist. But the Sphere sends the square back to his two-dimensional world, where he cannot convince anyone of the existence of a three dimensional world. - Summary by Linda Olsen Fitak
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