Flatland

Part I. This World

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  1. Part I. This World
  2. Section 1. Of the Nature of Flatland
  3. Section 2. Of the climate and houses in Flatland
  4. Section 3. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland
  5. Section 4. Concerning the Women
  6. Section 5. Of our methods of recognizing one another
  7. Section 6. Of Recognition by Sight
  8. Section 7. Of Irregular Figures
  9. Section 8. Of the Ancient Practice of Painting
  10. Section 9. Of the Universal Colour Bill
  11. Section 10. Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition
  12. Section 11. Concerning our Priests
  13. Section 12. Of the Doctrine of our Priests
  14. Part II. Other Worlds
  15. Section 13. How I had a Vision of Lineland
  16. Section 14. How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland
  17. Section 15. Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland
  18. Section 16. How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland
  19. Section 17. How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds
  20. Section 18. How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there
  21. Section 19. How, though the Sphere showed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it
  22. Section 20. How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision
  23. Section 21. How I tried to teach the theory of Three Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success
  24. Section 22. How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result
  25. Footnotes

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Flatland

Part I. This World

Chapter 1 of 251 min

“Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.”

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