Flatland

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Take a classically styled, 19th century satire about Victorian social mores...dress it up in dimensional geometry involving anthropomorphized shapes (e.g., lines, squares, cubes, etc.)...bathe it in the sweet, scented waters of social commentary...and wrap it all around humble, open-minded Square as protagonist.

The result is Flatland, a unique "classic" that is a child of marvel and genius.

The story is told by "A. Square," who lives in Flatland, a world of two-dimensions, which means length and width, but no depth.

The men of Flatland are multi-sided polygons, and the more sides an individual has, the greater their social standing. On the other hand, women are all simple lines and have no voice in the governing of the society.

The Flatlanders are chauvinists?

The book begins with "A Square" describing his life as part of the "professional class" and providing details on daily life in Flatland. This section serves as a In reality, this is a pretty good satire on Victorian London society, the social caste system and gender inequality.

Later, "A Square" dreams of a one-dimensional world called Lineland, where the inhabitants exist as simple points along a straight line, as there is no other width or depth. What follows is a fun, as "A Square" tries to explain the two-dimensional world to the king of Lineland.

Eventually, our protagonist wakes up back in Flatland, only to find that he is now being visited by a Sphere from a three-dimensional universe now. Sphere takes our flatlander on a mind-expanding, eye opening journey to witness the wonders and mysteries of the higher and higher dimensions (3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.). Afterwards, "A Square" returns to Flatland to teach the wonders of such "enlightened" dimensions to his fellow flatlanders, the result of which is...

Flatland is a mathematical essay, meant to explain a point: that higher dimensions (more than length, depth and width) may be present in our universe, but if they are, it will be nearly impossible for us to understand them.

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Adaptations:

Flatland (2007), a 98-minute animated independent feature film version directed by Ladd Ehlinger Jr, updates the satire from Victorian England to the modern-day United States. 13]

Flatland: The Movie (2007), by Dano Johnson and Jeffrey Travis, is a 34-minute animated educational film. 15] Its sequel was Flatland 2: Sphereland (2012), inspired by the novel Sphereland by Dionys Burger.