Flatland
A square is pulled out of his reality by a sphere, and shown the meaning of three dimensions.
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1884
Latest release
Oct 8, 2026
Pages
123
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884
- Part I
- I. Of the Nature of Flatland
- II. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
- III. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
- IV. Concerning the Women
- V. Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another
- VI. Recognition by Sight
- VII. Concerning Irregular Figures
- VIII. Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
- IX. Of the Universal Colour Bill
- X. Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
- XI. Concerning Our Priests
- XII. Of the Doctrine of Our Priests
- Part II: Other Worlds
- XIII. How I Had a Vision of Lineland
- XIV. How I Vainly Tried to Explain the Nature of Flatland
- XV. Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
- XVI. How the Stranger Vainly Endeavoured to Reveal to Me in Words the Mysteries of Spaceland
- XVII. How the Sphere, Having in Vain Tried Words, Resorted to Deeds
- XVIII. How I Came to Spaceland, and What I Saw There
- XIX. How, Though the Sphere Showed Me Other Mysteries of Spaceland, I Still Desired More; and What Came of It
- XX. How the Sphere Encouraged Me in a Vision
- XXI. How I Tried to Teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to My Grandson, and with What Success
- XXII. How I Then Tried to Diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by Other Means, and of the Result