A romance of many dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella. Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight lines, triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, and. Edwin abbott abbott 18381926 was an english theologian and writer. A romance of many dimensions illustrated by edwin abbott abbott. As a satire, flatland offered pointed observations on the social hierarchy of victorian culture. The main characters of this science fiction, science story are a. A romance of many dimensions is an 1884 science fiction novella by the english schoolmaster edwin abbott abbott. Charmingly illustrated by the author, flatland is not only fascinating reading, it is still a firstrate. Flatland a romance of many dimensions with illustrations by the author, a square edwin a. The first edition of the novel was published in 1884, and was written by edwin a. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook, or read online. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 96 pages and is available in paperback format.
Project gutenberg has several editions of this ebook. Written in 1884, its archaic language and notsowellexplained ideas. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook, or read online pages pdf. Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight lines, triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move. There the voluble mouth and bright penetrating eye are ever directed towards the master of the household. A romance of many dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by edwin a. A romance of many dimensions by edwin abbott abbott. However, the novellas more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. Librivox reading of flatland by edwin abbott abbott version 2. Only yesterday, when the chief circle in other words our high file.
Of the nature of flatland i call our world flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in space. Read in english by linda olsen fitak and aaronwhite1977. Women are simple linesegments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. A romance of many dimensions edwin abbott abbott in pdf or epub format and read it directly on your mobile phone, computer or any device.
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