
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
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.
- Section 1: Of the Nature of Flatland 3,921 Words
- Section 2: Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland 4,321 Words
- Section 3: Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland 4,232 Words
- Section 4: Concerning the Women 5,132 Words
- Section 5: Of our Methods of Recognizing one another 4,418 Words
- Section 6: Of Recognition by Sight 4,249 Words
- Section 7: Concerning Irregular Figures 4,793 Words
- Section 8: Of the Ancient Practice of Painting 4,628 Words
- Section 9: Of the Universal Colour Bill 5,096 Words
- Section 11: Concerning our Priests 4,402 Words
- Section 12: Of the Doctrine of our Priests 4,866 Words
- Section 13: How I had a Vision of Lineland 4,624 Words
- Section 14: How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland 4,561 Words
- Section 15: Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland 4,469 Words
- Section 16: How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland 4,217 Words
- Section 17: How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds 4,238 Words
- Section 18: How I Came to Spaceland, and what I Saw There 4,140 Words
- Section 19: How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it 4,287 Words
- Section 20: How the Sphere Encouraged Me in a Vision. 4,087 Words
- Section 21: How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success 3,861 Words
- Section 22: How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result 4,128 Words