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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, though written in 1884, is still considered useful in thinking about multiple dimensions. It is also seen as a satirical depiction of Victorian society and its hierarchies.
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Cool, intimate, contemplative and plot-driven.
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Edwin Abbott Abbott
- First published
- 1884
- Pages
- 110
- Publisher
- Enslow Publishers, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, Blurb
- Editions
- 585
- Language
- German, heb, Italian, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9781798452486
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“I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.”
Edwin Abbott Abbott (20 December 1838 – 12 October 1926), was an English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire and religious allegory *Flatland* (1884). **Source**: [Edwin Abbott Abbott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Abbott_Abbott) on Wikipedia.
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