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**A “romance in many dimensions” that has fascinated generations of readers with its clever blend of social satire and mathematical theoryA Penguin Classic**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 fantas...

A sizzling, twisting crime thriller about a deadly business.Smoking kills – but a bullet is quicker…Anti-smoking activist Susan Farrell reluctantly agrees to spy on Big Tobacco. She discovers too late who she can trust – and who she can't.Tobacco boss Tony Burton ends up fighting for his company's existence, and his own life, in this fast-paced crime thriller. Will he win or lose?On a roller coaster ride between London, Birmingham, P...

"A delicious tale of jealousy, ambition, competition, sex and skulduggery..."After the interview - business gets personal...Job interviews can be hell. This is the story of Andrew Aycliffe's thirst for revenge.It's also the tale of Jed Gardner, an IT genius who prefers computers, music and trains to human beings – that is, until he meets the girl of his dreams. But she's about to marry a boring beancounter.Three love triangles, two murders and a fraud case l...

In the memoir, Abbott recounts his life of repeated marriages—seven in total—and the legal troubles that ensued, often landing him in prison. Each chapter details his relationships with the women he married, some of whom were willing participants and others deceived by his changing identities and erratic lifestyle. Abbott's marriages were often short-lived and fraught with deception, leading to conflicts with both the law and his spouses. His frequent incarcerations across various states b...

In "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions," Edwin A. Abbott employs a unique blend of satire, mathematics, and social critique to explore the limitations of perception and the nature of reality. Set in a two-dimensional world inhabited by geometric shapes, the narrative leads readers through a vivid exploration of social hierarchy, gender, and dimensionality. Abbott's incisive commentary, rendered in a whimsical yet thoughtful literary style, draws parallels between the rigid societal nor...

First published in 1884, "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” is English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott’s classic work of science fiction. With the use of a geometric theme, Abbott weaves the fascinating tale of “A Square”, an inhabitant of “Flatland”, a two-dimensional world where women are portrayed as simple line-segments and men are represented as polygons whose social status is determined by the number and regularity of their sides. Through this device Abbott satirizes the seemingly ar...

"Flatland", authored by Edwin A. Abbott. This edition delivers a compelling exploration of its central themes and offers readers an immersive and thought-provoking experience. It examines wide-ranging themes that will resonate with thoughtful readers. Readers can expect a clear structure: an engaging opening that establishes stakes, a sequence of scenes or essays that develop central ideas, and a concluding section that synthesizes insights and suggests practical or philosophical takeaways...

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott.Written pseudonymously as "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed reader...

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a classic tale that has been loved by many for generations, a romance with a difference.

‘Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions’ is one of the most original pieces of fiction ever written by Edwin A. Abbott, an English theologian, clergyman, educator, and Shakespearean scholar. This is a satirical mathematical novella that also examines English society during the Victorian era. It describes the journeys of A. Square, a mathematician, and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women-thin, straight lines are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of ...

How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? In Flatland, A Square's linear world is invaded by a Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, the novel enlarges readers' imaginations beyond the limits of our 'respective dimensional prejudices'. - ;'Upward, yet not Northward.' How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and d...

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) follows A Square, a meticulous denizen of a plane, whose encounters with Lineland, Spaceland, and the ineffable Pointland expose both the possibilities and the peril of thinking beyond one's dimension. Written in the crisp idiom of Euclidean manuals yet edged with Swiftian satire, the narrative skewers Victorian hierarchies—class, gender, and intellectual dogma—while staging a lucid primer in dimensional analogy. The Illustrated Edition undersc...