Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by OpenStories
Original author: Edwin Abbott Abbott
"Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin Abbott Abbott is a satirical novella published in 1884. The story takes place in a two-dimensional world inhabited by geometric shapes, where social status is determined by the number of one's sides. When a Square encounters beings from other dimensions—including a one-dimensional Lineland and a three-dimensional Spaceland—his understanding of reality is profoundly challenged. Through this imaginative premise, Abbott satirizes Victorian class and gender hierarchies while exploring the concept of dimensions beyond human perception.
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, by Edwin Abbott Abbott. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #97.
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