Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions - Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926. English scholar, theologian, and writer.)

With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE (Edwin A. Abbott)

To The Inhabitants of SPACE IN GENERAL And H. C. IN PARTICULAR This Work is Dedicated By a Humble Native of Flatland In the Hope that Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries Of THREE Dimensions Having been previously conversant With ONLY TWO So the Citizens of that Celestial Region May aspire yet higher and higher To the Secrets of FOUR FIVE OR EVEN SIX Dimensions Thereby contributing To the Enlargement of THE IMAGINATION And the possible Development Of that most rare and excellent Gift of MODESTY Among the Superior Races Of SOLID HUMANITY

Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884. - By the Editor

PART I: THIS WORLD

PART II: OTHER WORLDS

PART I: THIS WORLD - "Be patient, for the world is broad and wide."

Section 1. Of the Nature of Flatland

Section 2. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland

Section 3. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland