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Title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Author: Edwin Abbott Abbott
Release date: January 1, 1995 [eBook #201]
Most recently updated: June 26, 2022
Language: English
Preface to the the Second and Revised Edition, 1884.
PART I: THIS WORLD
Section
Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
Of our Methods of Recognizing one another
Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
Of the Doctrine of our Priests
PART II: 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 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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