Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, rst published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously by "A Square," the book used the ctional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. Flatland has become a classic of science (and mathematical) fiction - charmingly illustrated by the author - and describes the journeys of A. Square and his adventures in Spaceland (three dimensions), Lineland...