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    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

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    Flat­land: A Romance of Many Dimen­sions by Edwin A. Abbott is a satir­i­cal novel­la that imag­ines a two-dimen­sion­al world and uses its pro­tag­o­nist’s dis­cov­ery of a third dimen­sion to explore themes of per­cep­tion, social class, and the lim­i­ta­tions of under­stand­ing.

    1. Section 1: Of the Nature of Flatland
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    2. Section 2: Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland
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    3. Section 3: Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
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    4. Section 4: Concerning the Women
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    5. Section 5: Of our Methods of Recognizing one another
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    6. Section 6: Of Recognition by Sight
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    7. Section 7: Concerning Irregular Figures
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    8. Section 8: Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
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    9. Section 9: Of the Universal Colour Bill
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    10. Section 11: Concerning our Priests
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    11. Section 12: Of the Doctrine of our Priests
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    12. Section 13: How I had a Vision of Lineland
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    13. Section 14: How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland
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    14. Section 15: Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
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    15. Section 16: How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland
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    16. Section 17: How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds
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    17. Section 18: How I Came to Spaceland, and what I Saw There
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    18. Section 19: How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it
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    19. Section 20: How the Sphere Encouraged Me in a Vision.
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    20. Section 21: How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success
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    21. Section 22: How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result
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