Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781720997740)

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously by "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. The story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a square named A Square, a member of the caste of gentlemen and professionals, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The first half of the story goes through the practicalities of existing in a two-dimensional universe as well as a history leading up to the year 1999 on the eve of the 3rd Millennium.

Author: Edwin A. Abbott
ISBN-10: 1720997748
ISBN-13: 9781720997740
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/11/2018
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.21d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.1
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 504414 / Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions