Flatland

Complete and unabridged, with 56 full-page plates by Henry Pether, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich. A square living in a two-dimensional world is shown the third dimension and cannot make his countrymen believe it. Abbott was a headmaster and theologian, and the geometry is a cover for a very sharp look at Victorian class and the treatment of women; the book has been in print for a hundred and ...