![]() ![]() The conjugal bed is next to Mrs Square’s entrance and apartment, so that would seem to be her primary function, but how she conceives and gives birth to polygonal offspring is a mystery upon which the book sheds no light. But not the women, who are nearly one-dimensional, like needles, and who are so dangerous to men (because you cannot see them coming until they have run right through you) that they have their own separate house entrance at the right. So the number of sides you have is an indicator of social status, and each new generation gains a side, suggesting some kind of upward mobility, so that everyone can have some future hope of “improving his angle”. Note that his servants are mere triangles, his sons (in their bedrooms at upper left) are pentagons, and his grandsons (at bottom) are hexagons. Abbott provides a diagram of A Square’s house (as seen from the third dimension, by the way first image). ![]() Flatland is narrated by a square (who is a member of the gentleman social class) who guides the reader through life as it is known in Flatland and the visions and dreams that. Most of the appeal of Flatland derives not from its warnings about the dangers of being close-minded, but from the delightful descriptions and drawings of daily life in Flatland. English scholar, theologian, and writer.). Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a short satirical novel written by Edwin Abbott about an imaginary two-dimensional world that is occupied by geometric figures. ![]() Front cover of Flatland, by Edwin Abbott Abbott, 1885 Boston edition (Linda Hall Library) ![]()
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