CONTENTS
PART I
THIS WORLD
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1 Of the Nature of Flatland 3 2 Of the Climate and Houses in Flatland 5 3 Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland 8 4 Concerning the Women 12 5 Of our Methods of Recognizing one another 17 6 Of Recognition by Sight 23 7 Concerning Irregular Figures 29 8 Of the Ancient Practice of Painting 33 9 Of the Universal Colour Bill 36 10 Of the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition 40 11 Concerning our Priests 45 12 Of the Doctrine of our Priests 48
PART II
OTHER WORLDS
13 How I had a Vision of Lineland 57 14 How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland 62 15 Concerning a Stranger from Spaceland 68 16 How the Stranger vainly endeavoured to reveal to me in words the mysteries of Spaceland 72 17 How the Sphere, having in vain tried words, resorted to deeds 81 18 How I came to Spaceland, and what I saw there 84 19 How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desired more; and what came of it 89
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