Flatland
by Edwin A. Abbott
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Additional Information
- Year Published: 1885
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: England
- Source: Abbott, E. A. (1885). Flatland.Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers.
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Readability:
- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 12.0
- Word Count: 143
- Genre: Fantasy
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WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR
"Fie, fie, how franticly I square my talk!"
"O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!"
"And therefore as a stranger give it welcome."
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 previously conversant
With ONLY TWO
So the Citizens of that Celestial Region May aspire yet higher and higher
To the Secrets of FOUR FIVE OR EVEN SIX Dimensions
Thereby contributing
To the Enlargement of the IMAGINATION
And the possible Development
Of that most rare and excellent Gift of MODESTY
Among the Superior Races
Of SOLID HUMANITY