Classic & Older Gothic
by Edwin A. Abbott
A square living in a two-dimensional world encounters beings from one and three dimensions, upending his understanding of reality and his rigidly hierarchical society. Abbott's mathematical fable uses geometric dimensions as allegory for social stratification and the difficulty of perceiving truths beyond one's experience. A pioneering work of speculative fiction that remains startlingly relevant in its critique of Victorian class systems.
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