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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 CONTENTSPART 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. 22PART 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 THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS BY OTHER MEANS, AND OF THE RESULT. 43
