Six giants of English and American comic fiction share the stage in this collection: Jonathan Swift's biting satire, Jane Austen's social wit, Charles Dickens's gallery of eccentrics, Mark Twain's dry American humor, Jerome K. Jerome's beloved comic timing, and Edwin Abbott's flat, delightful satire come together in ten stories built to make you laugh out loud. From drawing-room comedy to absurdist adventure, this anthology proves classic literature can be every bit as funny as it is endur...

Step into a world where wit, absurdity, romance, and laughter take center stage. 10 Masterpieces of Comedy Vol. 1 brings together a selection of classic comic works from celebrated authors, offering readers an entertaining journey through some of the most memorable humor in literature. From sharp social satire and clever wordplay to ridiculous misunderstandings, eccentric characters, romantic complications, and comic adventures, these works demonstrate the remarkable variety of literary co...

An evergreen science fiction classic, Edwin A. Abbott’s Flatland presents an alternate vision of society rendered completely in two dimensions.In the titular Flatland, women are line segments and men are polygons with various side lengths and angles. Even in such a simple world, social hierarchies and inequality persist. Social status is determined by a man’s regularity of shape and their number of sides. Women, as line segments, are considered dangerous b...

Laugh, reflect, and delight in a remarkable collection of literary classics from some of the greatest writers in English literature. Discover "10 Masterpieces of Comedy Vol. 1," a carefully curated anthology featuring timeless works by celebrated authors including Charles Dickens, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Jane Austen, Jerome K. Jerome, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, and other literary masters. Blending wit, satire, memorable characters, and unforgettable storytelling, this collection showcases th...

Discover an extraordinary collection of the world's most influential literary masterpieces in one remarkable volume.Explore "50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die Vol. 1," a carefully curated anthology celebrating the timeless works that have shaped literature, philosophy, history, and human thought across centuries. Featuring classics by many of the world's most celebrated authors, this collection offers an inspiring journey through some of the greatest books ever writte...

Written in 1884 by English schoolteacher Edwin Abbott Abbott, "Flatland" (full name "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions") is a literary hybrid, a math- and science-based novella that creates a fictional land while at the same time satirizing Victorian culture and introducing theories of space’s multi-dimensional nature.Flatland is a world that exists on the two-dimensional plane, where its inhabitants—literal geometrical shapes—live in a highly-structured society organ...

First published in 1882, Edwin Abbott Abbott's "Onesimus" is an historical novel told from the point of view of first-century Christian Onesimus, a slave mentioned in the book of Philemon."Onesimus" is written with the prose of the King James Bible translation of Acts of the Apostles and it recounts Onesimus' entire life, his travels with St. Paul, and his relation to Philemon.

If my poor Flatland friend retained the vigour of mind which he enjoyed when he began to compose these Memoirs, I should not now need to represent him in this preface, in which he desires, firstly, to return his thanks to his readers and critics in Spaceland, whose appreciation has, with unexpected celerity, required a second edition of his work; secondly, to apologize for certain errors and misprints (for which, however, he is not entirely responsible); and, thirdly, to explain one or two mi...

Flatland is a mathematical essay, meant to explain a point: that higher dimensions (more than length, depth and width) may be present in our universe, but if they are, it will be nearly impossible for us to understand them.The story itself consists of a two dimensional world (Flatland), in which there are people of assorted shapes. These shapes live regular lives, just as we do. The protagonist (a square), is visited by a sphere, which tries to explain to him the existence of a thi...

Embark on a mind-bending journey with Edwin Abbott Abbott's groundbreaking work, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Illustrated)." This enchanting tale invites you into a two-dimensional world that challenges your perceptions of reality and dimensions.As Abbott unfolds his narrative, consider this: What if our understanding of the universe is limited by our dimensional perspective? Follow the adventures of A Square, who navigates the geometric society...

Flatland is at the same time a science fiction and a mathematical fiction novella ; the author uses his descriptions of a two-dimensional universe to paint the Victorian society in a satirical way.Square, the main character, is a geometrical form who will encounter many adventures in three worlds, all defined by their number of dimensions : where Spaceland has three dimensions, Lineland consists of only one, and Pointland has absolutely none. But Square has a dream : visiting an un...

The Extra things added in the bookBiography is added in the bookThe bibliography is added in the bookThe index is added for quick interfaceThis masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years. The work of English clergyman, educator, and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), it describes the journeys of A. Square [sic – ed....