Flatland
A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin A. Abbott (1884)
Dedication
Preface
PART 1: This World
Chapter 1: Of the Nature of Flatland
Chapter 2: Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
Chapter 3: Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
Chapter 4: Concerning the Women
Chapter 5: Of our Methods in Recognizing one another
Chapter 6: Of Recognition by Sight
Chapter 7: Concerning Irregular Figures
Chapter 8: Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
Chapter 9: Of the Universal Colour Bill
Chapter 10: Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
Chapter 11: Concerning our Priests
Chapter 12: Of the Doctrine of our Priests
PART II: Other Worlds
Chapter 13: How I had a Vision of Lineland
Chapter 14: How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland
Chapter 15: Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
Chapter 16: How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries ofSpaceland
Chapter 17: How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds
Chapter 18: How I came to Spaceland and what I saw there
Chapter 19: How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it
Chapter 20: How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision
Chapter 21: How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to to my Grandson, and with what success
Chapter 22: How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result
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