Edwin A. Abbott ; edited with an introduction and notes by Rosemary Jann.
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
1 online resource (xlii, 124 pages) :
illustrations.
Oxford world's classics.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Edwin A. Abbott; FLATLAND; Explanatory Notes.
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How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? In Flatland, A Square's linear world is invaded by a Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, the novel enlarges readers' imaginations beyond the limits of our 'respective dimensional prejudices'. - ;'Upward, yet not Northward.'. How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful 'romance of many dimensions' explores this conundrum in the experiences of his protagonist, A S.