title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Penguin Classics)
author:  Edwin A. Abbott 
description: Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926) was a leading scholar and theologian of the Victorian era. Alan Lightman, the author of 'Einstein's Dream' and other books, is an astrophysicist and the Director of the Writing Program at M.I.T.
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  # **THE ANNOTATED FLATLAND**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  EDWIN A. ABBOTT, THE YOUNG HEADMASTER.  
  Inscribed in pencil “Fradelle and Young, 283 Regent St. W.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # THE ANNOTATED  
  FLATLAND
  
  
  # A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS
  
  
    
  
  
  ## By EDWIN A. ABBOTT
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY  
  IAN STEWART
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
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