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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

as told to Edwin A. Abbott by A. Square

archived and lightly annotated by November

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Part 1: This World

Introduction and Preface

Section 1: Of the Nature of Flatland

Section 2: Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland

Section 3: Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland

Section 4: Concerning the Women

Section 5: Of our Methods of Recognizing one another

Section 6: Of Recognition by Sight

Section 7: Concerning Irregular Figures

Section 8: Of the Ancient Practice of Painting

Section 9: Of the Universal Colour Bill

Section 10: Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition

Section 11: Concerning our Priests

Section 12: Of the Doctrine of our Priests

Part 2: Other Worlds

Section 13: How I had a Vision of Lineland

Section 14: How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland

Section 15: Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland

Section 16: How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland

Section 17: How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds

Section 18: How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there

Section 19: How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it

Section 20: How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision.

Section 21: How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success

Section 22: How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result

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