Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott is a satirical novella in which a square narrates life in Flatland, a two-dimensional world ruled by rigid geometry and strict social hierarchy. As he explains the customs, class system, and limitations of his plane, he becomes increasingly troubled by the confines of Flatland’s “common sense.” His worldview is shattered when he encounters a sphere from three-dimensional space, who reveals higher dimensions and challenges Flatland’s...

I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in the surface, but without the power of rising above or sinking below it, very much like shadows—only hard and with luminous edges—and you will then have a...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.As a satire, Flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." As such, the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, phy...

How to Write Clearly by the English schoolmaster and theologian, Edwin Abbott Abbott.He is best known as the author of the novella Flatland.Edwin Abbott Abbott was the eldest son of Edwin Abbott (1808–1882), headmaster of the Philological School, Marylebone, and his wife, Jane Abbott (1806–1882). His pa John's College, Cambridge|St John's College]], Cambridge, where he took the highest honors in classics, mathematics and theology, and became a fellow of his college.

'Upward, yet not Northward.' How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful 'romance of many dimensions' explores this conundrum in the experiences of his protagonist, A Square, whose linear world is invaded by an emissary Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension on the eve of the new millennium. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, this classic work of scienc...

This imaginative classic uses geometry and satire to explore social hierarchy and perception. Flatland introduces dimensional thinking through narrative, making it both entertaining and intellectually stimulating for listeners interested in mathematics, philosophy, and speculative ideas.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "a Square", Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions, for which the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics, and computer science students.

This masterpiece of science (and mathematical) fiction is a delightfully unique and highly entertaining satire that has charmed readers for more than 100 years. The work of English clergyman, educator and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926), it describes the journeys of A. Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women-thin, straight lines-are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social statu...

In "Silanus the Christian," Edwin A. Abbott crafts a compelling narrative set against the rich tapestry of early Christian society, weaving a tale that explores themes of faith, morality, and identity. Abbott employs a sophisticated literary style, blending elements of historical fiction with philosophical inquiry, as he delves into the life of Silanus, a Christian martyr navigating the complexities of a pagan world. The book is marked by its intricate character development and thought-pro...

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) follows A Square, a meticulous denizen of a plane, whose encounters with Lineland, Spaceland, and the ineffable Pointland expose both the possibilities and the peril of thinking beyond one's dimension. Written in the crisp idiom of Euclidean manuals yet edged with Swiftian satire, the narrative skewers Victorian hierarchies—class, gender, and intellectual dogma—while staging a lucid primer in dimensional analogy. The Illustrated Edition undersc...

This special edition is a distinguished vintage reproduction, of the 1884 satirical novella Flatland, by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott. Meticulously elaborated by the editorial team of Chiron Academic Press in collaboration with the renowned literature publisher Edition l'Aleph (l-aleph.com), this special edition, pays particular attention to the very authentic details of the editorial of text and images, fine type setting, mise-en-page, production, and print. The result is a reviv...

The Extra Things added to the BookAdded details the biography of the authorBibliography is addedAdded 11 IllustrationAdded index to get a quick view and interfaceQuintus Junius Silanus brought into the world 90 A.D., goes from Rome at the proposal of his old companion Marcus Aemilius Scaurus to go to the addresses of Epictetus in Nicopolis around 118 A.D. Scaurus {like Silanus a nonexistent character) brought into the world around ...