Flatland
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English theologian, Anglican priest and schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously by "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to satirise the class and gender hierarchies of Victorian society, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.
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- Author
- Edwin Abbott Abbott
- First published
- 1884
- Editions
- 585
- Subjects
- Fourth dimension, Fiction, general, Open Library Staff Picks, Denkbeeldige landen, Film and video adaptations, Meetkunde, Science Fiction, Geometry
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
- Book.image
- Houghton EC85 Ab264 884f - Flatland, cover.jpg
- Book.caption
- The cover to Flatland, first edition
- Book.author
- Edwin A. Abbott
- Book.illustrator
- Edwin A. Abbott
- Book.country
- England
- Book.genre
- Science fiction
- Book.publisher
- Seeley & Co.
- Book.release_date
- 1884
- Book.oclc
- 2306280
- Book.congress
- QA699
- Book.wikisource
- Flatland
- Book.pages
- 96
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Wikidata facts
- Read free · Project Gutenberg
- #201
- Image
- Flatland cover.jpg
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- title
- Flatland
- Commons category
- Flatland (novella)
- inception
- 1884-01-01
- publication date
- 1884-00-00
- subtitle
- A Romance of Many Dimensions
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- literature.stackexchange.com/tags/flatland
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10 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Social elements
- As social satire
- Critical reception
- Adaptations and parodies
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
- Online and downloadable versions of the text
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English theologian, Anglican priest and schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously by "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to satirise the class and gender hierarchies of Victorian society, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.
A sequel, Sphereland, was written by Dionys Burger in 1957. Several films have been based on Flatland, including the feature film Flatland (2007). Other efforts have been short or experimental films, including one narrated by Dudley Moore and the short films Flatland: The Movie (2007) and Flatland 2: Sphereland (2012).