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Flatland follows the journeys of A. Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women - thin, straight lines - are the lowliest of shapes, and where men may have any number of sides, depending on their social status.
Through strange occurrences that bring him into contact with a host of geometric forms, Square has adventures in Spaceland (three dimensions), Lineland (one dimension) and Pointland (no dimensions) and ultimately entertains thoughts of visiting a land of four dimensions-a revolutionary idea for which he is returned to his two-dimensional world.
Edwin A. Abbott
Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926)
Edwin A. Abbott was a UK clergyman, academic and writer who wrote one novel. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions describes characters in a two-dimensional world and explores the nature of dimensions, mathematics and perception. He died, aged 87.
For more information see http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/abbott_edwin_a
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