Book:Edwin A. Abbott/Flatland: a Romance of Many Dimensions
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Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland: a Romance of Many Dimensions
Published $\text {1884}$
Published under the pseudonym A Square.
Contents
- PART I: THIS WORLD
- 1 Of the Nature of Flatland
- 2 Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
- 3 Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
- 4 Concerning the Women
- 5 Of our Methods in Recognizing one another
- 6 Of Recognition by Sight
- 7 Concerning Irregular Figures
- 8 Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
- 9 Of the Universal Colour Bill
- 10 Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
- 11 Concerning our Priests
- 12 Of the Doctrine of our Priests
- PART II: OTHER WORLDS
- 13 How I had a Vision of Lineland
- 14 How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland
- 15 Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
- 16 How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland
- 17 How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds
- 18 How I came to Spaceland and what I saw there
- 19 How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it
- 20 How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision
- 21 How I tried to teach the Theory of Three dimension to my Grandson, and with what success
- 22 How I then tried to diffuse the Theory on Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result