Flatland

Unabridged, illustrated value reproduction of Flatland by Edwin Abbott, in this affordably printed volume, is a book that belongs on everyone’s shelf. Published originally in 1884, Abbott’s novella was a social commentary told through mathematical a framework. With Einstein’s 1915 publication of the Theory of Relativity, Flatland became popular as a prophet of four dimensions. This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text and illustrations of this timeless classic at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I THIS WORLD 4 § 1.—OF THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. 4 § 2.—OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND. 5 § 3.—CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND. 6 § 4.—CONCERNING THE WOMEN. 8 § 5.—OF OUR METHODS OF RECOGNIZING ONE ANOTHER. 10 § 6.—OF RECOGNITION BY SIGHT. 12 § 7.—OF IRREGULAR FIGURES. 14 § 8.—OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF PAINTING. 16 § 9.—OF THE UNIVERSAL COLOR BILL. 17 § 10.—OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CHROMATIC SEDITION. 19 § 11.—CONCERNING OUR PRIESTS. 21 § 12.—OF THE DOCTRINE OF OUR PRIESTS. 22 PART II OTHER WORLDS 25 § 13.—HOW I HAD A VISION OF LINELAND. 25 § 14.—HOW I VAINLY TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. 27 § 15.—CONCERNING A STRANGER FROM SPACELAND. 29 § 16.—HOW THE STRANGER VAINLY ENDEAVORED TO REVEAL TO ME IN WORDS THE MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND. 31 § 17.—HOW THE SPHERE, HAVING IN VAIN TRIED WORDS, RESORTED TO DEEDS. 34 § 18.—HOW I CAME TO SPACELAND, AND WHAT I SAW THERE. 35 § 19.—HOW, THOUGH THE SPHERE SHOWED ME OTHER MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND, I STILL DESIRED MORE; AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 38 § 20.—HOW THE SPHERE ENCOURAGED ME IN A VISION. 41 § 21.—HOW I TRIED TO TEACH THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS TO MY GRANDSON, AND WITH WHAT SUCCESS. 42 § 22.—HOW I THEN TRIED TO DIFFUSE