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Book 97 || Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott

   Book 97 || Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott Book 97 || Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott Book 97 || Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott Published in 1884, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a unique and thought-provoking novella that explores the nature of dimensions through the lens of social satire. Set in a two-dimensional world inhabited by geometric shapes, the protagonist, A. Square, lives in a society where social hierarchy is determined by the number of sides a shape has. Circles are at the top, while women, who are simple line segments, are at the bottom. A. Square's perception of reality is challenged when he is visited by a sphere from Spaceland, a three-dimensional world, who introduces him to the concept of higher dimensions. Abbott uses this allegory ...