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    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
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    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

    By Edwin A. Abbott

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    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously by "A Square", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateSep 7, 2020
    ISBN9781479453344

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