Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (version 3)


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In Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions—written by Edwin Abbott Abbott—readers are presented with a question. What if the world were flat? Well and truly flat, that is, with figures in place of humans as we would think of them. It takes this question, and pushes it further, asking about the natures of people, and society, as well as angles, lines, and the dimensions of space itself. It takes this question, and uses it to deliver insightfully political satire, and a surprising amount of mathematical education. - Summary by FlamboyantOtter

Chapters

PREFACE TO THE SECOND AND REVISED EDITION, 1884. BY THE EDITOR 10:26 Read by Flamboyant Otter
Dedication, and Of the Nature of Flatland 5:57 Read by Flamboyant Otter
Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland 6:13 Read by Flamboyant Otter
Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland 10:23 Read by Flamboyant Otter
Concerning the Women 14:37 Read by Flamboyant Otter
Of our Methods of Recognizing one another 13:46 Read by Flamboyant Otter
Of Recognition by Sight 13:22 Read by Flamboyant Otter
Concerning Irregular Figures 6:27 Read by MaybeCordelia
Of the Ancient Practice of Painting 5:25 Read by MaybeCordelia
Of the Universal Colour Bill 6:58 Read by MaybeCordelia
Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition 8:03 Read by MaybeCordelia
Concerning our Priests 5:26 Read by MaybeCordelia
Of the Doctrine of our Priests 9:12 Read by MaybeCordelia
How I had a Vision of Lineland 8:08 Read by MaybeCordelia
How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland 8:56 Read by MaybeCordelia
Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland 6:10 Read by MaybeCordelia
How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland 13:47 Read by MaybeCordelia
How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds 4:24 Read by MaybeCordelia
How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there 8:17 Read by MaybeCordelia
How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it 11:58 Read by MaybeCordelia
How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision 5:40 Read by MaybeCordelia
How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success 4:55 Read by MaybeCordelia
How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result 7:42 Read by MaybeCordelia