‘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 ...

**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...

Flatland: A Romance Of Many Dimensions (Illustrated) by Edwin A. Abbot.

Almost every English boy can be taught to write clearly, so far at least as clearness depends upon the arrangement of words. Force, elegance, and variety of style are more difficult to teach, and far more difficult to learn; but clear writing can be reduced to rules. To teach the art of writing clearly is the main object of these Rules and Exercises

“Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions,” penned by Edwin A. Abbott, is not merely a science fiction novella but a profound exploration of social hierarchy, perception, and the limitations of human understanding. Published in 1884, this work uses the guise of a two-dimensional world to satirize Victorian society and to introduce readers to the concept of higher dimensions. The story is narrated by a Square, a member of the professional class in Flatland, who embarks on a journey of intelle...

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a brilliant mathematical allegory disguised as a Victorian social satire. Narrated by A. Square, a respectable inhabitant of a two-dimensional world, the book moves from lucid geometric exposition to visionary encounter, as its protagonist glimpses the possibility of higher dimensions. The illustrated edition enhances Abbott's elegant conceptual play, clarifying the spatial paradoxes that made the work a landmark in speculative fiction, popular mat...

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously by "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.

The "Deluxe Illustrated E-Reader Edition" of Flatland is the edition you've been waiting for; a nicely formatted e-reader edition of the classic novella Flatland, including all original illustrations, a table of contents, original footnotes, and bonus footnotes."The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." -- Isaac Asimov.First published in 1884, Edwin A. Abbott's classic novella is many things: a biting social satire on Victorian society, a...

I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in the surface, but without the power of rising above or sinking below it, very much like shadows—only hard and with luminous edges—and you will then have a...

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

Flatland is uniquely both a social critique and a primer on multi-dimensional geometry. Written in two parts in 1884 by Edwin A. Abbott, an English mathematician and theologian, it tells the story of a square living in Flatland: a two-dimensional realm. After a dream of a restrictive one-dimensional existence and the difficulties this poses, he is visited by a sphere from a three-dimensional space who wishes to enlighten him into the ways of "Upward, yet not Northward."Edw...

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, though written in 1884, is still considered useful in thinking about multiple dimensions. It is also seen as a satirical depiction of Victorian society and its hierarchies. A square, who is a resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, dreams of the one-dimensional Lineland. He attempts to convince the monarch of Lineland of the possibility of another dimension, but the monarch cannot see outside the line. The square is then visited himself by a Sphere...