FlatlandThe book that influenced writers from Carl Sagan to Stephen Hawking, Flatland is set in a two-dimensional world where life exists only in lines and shapes - until one of its inhabitants, 'A. Square', has his perspective transformed forever. This brilliantly eccentric classic is an invitation to see beyond our own reality. |
Contents
Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland | |
Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland | |
Concerning the Women | |
Of our Methods in Recognizing one another | |
Of Recognition by Sight | |
Concerning Irregular Figures | |
Of the Ancient Practice of Painting | |
OTHER WORLDS | |
How I had a Vision of Lineland | |
How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland | |
Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland | |
How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland | |
How the Sphere having in vain tried words resorted to deeds | |
How I came to Spaceland and what I saw there | |
How though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland I still desired more and what came of | |
Of the Universal Colour Bill | |
Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition | |
Concerning our Priests | |
Of the Doctrine of our Priests | |
How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision | |
How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson and with what success | |
How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means and of the result | |
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Common terms and phrases
angles appear become better Bill Circle Circular classes clear Colour comes continued course Cube danger direction distinguish door dream entered equal Equilateral example existence experience extremities feel felt Female Figure Flatland followed four Geometry give Grandson half heard hearing Hexagon higher hundred inches individual infer inside Irregular Isosceles King land least length less Lineland listen look Lord means motion mouth moving Nature Northwards object once pass Pentagon perfect Plane Point Polygon position possible Priests produces question Readers reason recognized Regular remained replied result seemed sense sides Sight Recognition Solid sound Space Spaceland speak Sphere Square Straight Line STRANGER suppose surely things Third thought Three Dimensions touch Triangle truth understand University Upwards voice whole Wife Woman Women World