Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Illustrated Edition)Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novel. 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 story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a square named A Square, a member of the caste of gentlemen and professionals, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. Flatland has often been categorized as science fiction although it could more precisely be called "mathematical fiction". With the advent of modern science fiction from the 1950s to the present day, Flatland has seen a revival in popularity, especially among science fiction and cyberpunk fans. Many works have been inspired by the novella, including novel sequels and short films. |
Contents
Of our Methods of Recognizing one another | |
Of Recognition by Sight | |
Of the Doctrine of our Priests | |
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 | |
Concerning Irregular Figures | |
Of the Ancient Practice of Painting | |
Of the Universal Colour Bill | |
Nº Dimensiºn | |
Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition | |
Concerning our Priests | |
How though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland I still desired more and what came of | |
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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