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Flatland
Edwin A. Abbott

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) is a classic 19th century novella that satirizes the social hierarchy of Victorian society using mathematical figures and ideas.
Source: Edwin A. Abbott, Flatland (1884)
Lexile Level: TBD		Origin: American		Genre: Fiction, Math
Reading Level: 12		Language: English		File name: flatland
Sunshine State Standards: LA.A.2.4: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts. LA.D.2.4: The student understands the power of language. LA.E.2.4: The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
Theme: Geometry
Reading Strategy: KWL (What do we know, what do we want to find out, what did we learn?)
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Preface to the second and revised edition Part 1, This World, Section 1: "Of the Nature of Flatland" Part 1, Section 2: "Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland" Part 1, Section 3: "Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland" Part 1, Section 4: "Concerning the Women" Part 1, Section 5: "Of Our Methods of Recognizing One Another" Part 1, Section 6: "Of Recognition by Sight" Part 1, Section 7: "Concerning Irregular Figures" Part 1, Section 8: "Of the Ancient Practice of Painting" Part 1, Section 9: "Of the Universal Colour Bill" Part 1, Section 10: "Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition" Part 1, Section 11: "Concerning Our Priests" Part 1, Section 12: "Of the Doctrine of Our Priests" Part 2, Other Worlds, Section 13: "How I Had a Vision of Lifeland" Part 2, Section 14: "How I Vainly Tried to Explain the Nature of Flatland" Part 2, Section 15: "Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland" Part 2, Section 16: "How the Stranger Vainly Endeavoured to Reveal to Me in Words the Mysteries of Spaceland" Part 2, Section 17: "How the Sphere, Having in Vain Tried Words, Resorted to Deeds" Part 2, Section 18: "How I Came to Spaceland, and What I Saw There" Part 2, Section 19: "How, Though the Sphere Showed Me Other Mysteries of Spaceland, I Still Desire More; and What Came of It" Part 2, Section 20: "How the Sphere Encouraged Me in a Vision" Part 2, Section 21: "How I Tried to Teach the Theory of Three Dimensions to My Grandson, and with What Success" Part 2, Section 22: "How I Then Tried to Diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by Other Means, and of the Result"

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