Flatland
- Subtitle
- A Romance of Many Dimensions
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1. Front matter2. FLATLAND3. PART I THIS WORLD4. § 1.—Of the Nature of Flatland.5. § 2.—Of the climate and houses in Flatland.6. § 3.—Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland.7. § 4.—Concerning the Women.8. § 5.—Of our methods of recognizing one another.9. § 6.—Of Recognition by Sight.10. § 7.—Of Irregular Figures.11. § 8.—Of the Ancient Practice of Painting.12. § 9.—Of the Universal Colour Bill.13. § 10.—Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition.14. § 11.—Concerning our Priests.15. § 12.—Of the Doctrine of our Priests.16. PART II OTHER WORLDS17. § 13.—How I had a Vision of Lineland.18. § 14.—How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland.19. § 15.—Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland.20. § 16.—How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland.21. § 17.—How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds.22. § 18.—How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there.23. § 19.—How, though the Sphere showed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it.24. § 20.—How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision.25. § 21.—How I tried to teach the theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success.26. § 22.—How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result.27. Footnotes28. Transcriber’s Notes