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Flatland — Contents

Edwin Abbott

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  1. PART I THIS WORLD — § 1 Of the Nature of Flatland4 min
  2. PART I THIS WORLD — § 2 Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland4 min
  3. PART I THIS WORLD — § 3 Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland6 min
  4. PART I THIS WORLD — § 4 Concerning the Women9 min
  5. PART I THIS WORLD — § 5 Of our Methods of Recognizing one another9 min
  6. PART I THIS WORLD — § 6 Of Recognition by Sight8 min
  7. PART I THIS WORLD — § 7 Concerning Irregular Figures6 min
  8. PART I THIS WORLD — § 8 Of the Ancient Practice of Painting5 min
  9. PART I THIS WORLD — § 9 Of the Universal Colour Bill6 min
  10. PART I THIS WORLD — § 10 Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition7 min
  11. PART I THIS WORLD — § 11 Concerning our Priests5 min
  12. PART I THIS WORLD — § 12 Of the Doctrine of our Priests8 min
  13. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 13 How I had a Vision of Lineland8 min
  14. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 14 How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland9 min
  15. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 15 Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland6 min
  16. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 16 How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland13 min
  17. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 17 How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds5 min
  18. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 18 How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there8 min
  19. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 19 How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it12 min
  20. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 20 How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision.6 min
  21. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 21 How I tried to teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success5 min
  22. PART II OTHER WORLDS — § 22 How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result14 min