Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Edwin A. Abbott
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A square living in a two-dimensional world is shown the third dimension and cannot make his countrymen believe it. Abbott was a headmaster and theologian, and the geometry is a cover for a very sharp look at Victorian class and the treatment of women; the book has been in print for a hundred and forty years, mostly among mathematicians. Fifty-six plates of moonlit squares, harbors, and comets by painters such as Henry Pether and Henry Edward Locke run through the text, giving the flat geometry a night sky to unfold against.
A square living in a two-dimensional world is shown the third dimension and cannot make his countrymen believe it. Abbott was a headmaster and theologian, and the geometry is a cover for a very sharp look at Victorian class and the treatment of women; the book has been in print for a hundred and ...
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Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926) was an English schoolmaster, theologian and Shakespearean scholar born in London, headmaster of the City of London School at twenty-six. He wrote on grammar, theology and Bacon, and one satirical romance. His works include Flatland, A Shakespearian Grammar, and Philochristus.
Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926) was an English schoolmaster, theologian and Shakespearean scholar born in London, headmaster of the City of London School at twenty-six. He wrote on grammar, theology and Bacon, and one satirical romance. His works include Flatland, A Shakespearian Grammar, and Phi...
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