Flatland
A Romance in Many Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott
- **A
- “romance
- in
- many
- dimensions”
- that
- has
- fascinated
- generations
- of
- readers
- with
- its
- clever
- blend
- of
- social
- satire
- and
- mathematical
- theoryA
- Penguin
- Classic**A
- work
- that
- continues
- to
- pose
- provocative
- questions
- about
- perception
- and
- reality,
- Flatland
- is
- a
- brilliant
- parody
- of
- Victorian
- society
- where
- all
- existence
- is
- limited
- to
- length
- and
- breadth—its
- inhabitants
- unable
- even
- to
- imagine
- a
- third
- dimension.
- The
- amiable
- narrator,
- A
- Square,
- provides
- an
- overview
- of
- this
- fantastic
- world—its
- physics
- and
- metaphysics,
- its
- history,
- customs
- and
- religious
- beliefs.
- But
- when
- a
- strange
- visitor
- mysteriously
- appears
- and
- transports
- the
- incredulous
- Flatlander
- to
- the
- Land
- of
- Three
- Dimensions,
- his
- world
- view
- is
- forever
- shattered.
- Written
- more
- than
- a
- century
- ago,
- Flatland
- conceals
- within
- its
- brilliant
- parody
- of
- Victorian
- society
- speculations
- about
- the
- universe
- that
- resonate
- in
- Einstein’s
- theory
- of
- relativity
- as
- well
- as
- the
- current
- “string-theory”
- of
- nature.For
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- than
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- years,
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- well
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- translations
- by
- award-winning translators.
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