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Title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Illustrated)

Author: Edwin A. Abbot

Release Date: March 10, 2008 [EBook #201]

Language: English

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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926. English scholar, theologian, and writer.)

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| "O day and night, but this is wondrous strange" |
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| No Dimensions One Dimension |
| . A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS ----- |
| POINTLAND LINELAND |
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| Two Dimensions Three Dimensions |
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| FLATLAND SPACELAND |
| "Fie, fie, how franticly I square my talk!" |
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With Illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE (Edwin A. Abbott)

To
The Inhabitants of SPACE IN GENERAL
And H. C. IN PARTICULAR
This Work is Dedicated
By a Humble Native of Flatland
In the Hope that
Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries
Of THREE Dimensions
Having been previ