Flatland

Edwin A. Abbott biography
Preface to the Second and Revised Edition, 1884 ix
PART I: THIS WORLD
Section 1. Of the Nature of Flatland 1
Section 2. Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland 4
Section 3. Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland 7
Section 4. Concerning the Women 11
Section 5. Of our Methods of Recognizing one another 17
Section 6. Of Recognition by Sight 22
Section 7. Concerning Irregular Figures 28
Section 8. Of the Ancient Practice of Painting 32
Section 9. Of the Universal Colour Bill 35
Section 10. Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition 40
Section 11. Concerning our Priests 45
Section 12. Of the Doctrine of our Priests 48
PART II—OTHER WORLDS
Section 13. How I had a Vision of Lineland 53
Section 14. How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland 59
Section 15. Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland 65
Section 16. How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland 69
Section 17. How the Sphere, having in vain tried words,
resorted to deeds 78
Section 18. How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there 81
Section 19. How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it 87
Section 20. How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision 95
Section 21. How I tried to teach the Theory of Three
Dimensions to my Grandson, and with what success 99
Section 22. How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result 102