Writing as ‘a square’, Abbott uses the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointer observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. It is a story that follows one character on a journey from the 2d world into an unknown third dimension. Because of it’s manner of perceiving dimensions it is still popular amongst maths, physics and computer science students.
Several films have been made from the story, including a number of shorts and also a feature film in 2007 called Flatland.
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