Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "A Square," the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. Several films have been made from the story, including a feature film in 2007 called Flatland. Other efforts have been short or experimental films, including one narrated by Dudley Moore and the short films Flatland: The...

In 1884 the schoolteacher Edwin Abbott wrote a slender volume under the pen name "A Square." This work detailed the culture and customs of the residents of a two-dimensional world called Flatland - and in the process it popularized concepts of higher geometry to a Victorian public.

"Flatland" from Edwin Abbott Abbott. English schoolmaster and theologian (1838-1926).

If my poor Flatland friend retained the vigour of mind which he enjoyed when he began to compose these Memoirs, I should not now need to represent him in this preface, in which he desires, firstly, to return his thanks to his readers and critics in Spaceland, whose appreciation has, with unexpected celerity, required a second edition of his work; secondly, to apologize for certain errors and misprints (for which, however, he is not entirely responsible); and, thirdly, to explain one or two misconceptions. But he is not the Square he once was. Years of imprisonment, and the still heavier...

"The Kernel and the Husk" from Edwin Abbott Abbott. English schoolmaster and theologian, is best known as the author of the mathematical satire Flatland (1838-1926).