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Flatland

Flatland

by Edwin A. Abbott

A square is pulled out of his reality by a sphere, and shown the meaning of three dimensions.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1884
Latest release
Oct 8, 2026
Pages
123
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
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Table of Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884
  3. Part I
  4. I. Of the Nature of Flatland
  5. II. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
  6. III. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
  7. IV. Concerning the Women
  8. V. Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another
  9. VI. Recognition by Sight
  10. VII. Concerning Irregular Figures
  11. VIII. Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
  12. IX. Of the Universal Colour Bill
  13. X. Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
  14. XI. Concerning Our Priests
  15. XII. Of the Doctrine of Our Priests
  16. Part II: Other Worlds
  17. XIII. How I Had a Vision of Lineland
  18. XIV. How I Vainly Tried to Explain the Nature of Flatland
  19. XV. Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
  20. XVI. How the Stranger Vainly Endeavoured to Reveal to Me in Words the Mysteries of Spaceland
  21. XVII. How the Sphere, Having in Vain Tried Words, Resorted to Deeds
  22. XVIII. How I Came to Spaceland, and What I Saw There
  23. XIX. How, Though the Sphere Showed Me Other Mysteries of Spaceland, I Still Desired More; and What Came of It
  24. XX. How the Sphere Encouraged Me in a Vision
  25. XXI. How I Tried to Teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to My Grandson, and with What Success
  26. XXII. How I Then Tried to Diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by Other Means, and of the Result