want book
© OnRead.com
subscription title
 buy
Categories
 
 
 

Home

Search
Search by:
Search
Search by:
subscription titles
Add book

Flatland: a romance of many dimensions

by Abbott Edwin Abbott

Read online

Author: Abbott Edwin Abbott

Books » Fourth dimension

Added by: Jessica Teel ...

Users who like this book

txtfb2rtfpdfepubpdbmobi

Description:

Do you like the quality of this book?00

Send
get subscription

Read an excerpt:

...the veryhighest of the Nobility. Needless to say, the custom soon made its wayfrom the district of Chromatistes to surrounding regions; and withintwo generations no one in all Flatland was colourless except the Womenand the Priests. Here Nature herself appeared to erect a barrier, and to plead againstextending the innovations to these two classes. Many-sidedness wasalmost essential as a pretext for the Innovators. "Distinction ofsides is intended by Nature to imply distinction of colours"--such wasthe sophism which in those days flew from mouth to mouth, convertingwhole towns at a time to a new culture. But manifestly to our Priestsand Women this adage did not apply. The latter had only one side, andtherefore--plurally and pedantically speaking--NO SIDES. Theformer--if at least they would assert their claim to be readily andtruly Circles, and not mere high-class Polygons, with an infinitelylarge number of infinitesimally small sides--were in the habit ofboasting (what Women confessed...

All audios: 0

There are no audio yet. Be the first to add a audio

All photos: 0

There are no photos yet. Be the first to add a photo.

All reviews: 0

There are no reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.

All comments: 0

There are no comments yet. Be the first to add a comment.

Show more comments

All quotes: 0

There are no quotes yet. Be the first to add a qoute.

Genre

Other popular books by genre: Fourth dimension

Author

The Best of Abbott Edwin Abbott

Now Reading

About

Navigation

Help

Browse by: