FLATLAND
A Romance of Many Dimensions
With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE (EDWIN A. ABBOTT)
“Fie, fie, how franticly I square my talk”
[Fifth Edition, Revised]
Part 1 — THIS WORLD
Section 1. — Of the Nature of Flatland
Section 2. — Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
Section 3. — Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
Section 4. — Concerning the Women
Section 5. — Of our Methods of Recognizing one another
Section 6. — Of Recognition by Sight
Section 7. — Concerning Irreglular Figures
Section 8. — Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
Section 9. — Of the Universal Colour Bill
Section 10. — Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
Section 11. — Concerning our Priests
Section 12. — Of the Doctrine of our Priests
PART II — OTHER WORLDS
“O brave new worlds, That have such people in them!”
Section 13. — How I had a Vision of Lineland
Section 14. — How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland
Section 15. — Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
Section 16. — How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland
Section 17. — How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds
Section 18. — How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there
Section 19. — How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it
Section 20. — How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision.
Section 21. — How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success
Section 22. — How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result
Notes from XahLee.org
Introduction by Xah Lee.
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