{"product_id":"2940148210641","title":"Flatland, A Romance in Many Dimensions","description":"Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as \"A Square\", the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.\u003cbr\u003eThe story is about a two-dimensional world referred to as Flatland which is occupied by geometric figures. Women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a humble square, a member of the social caste of gentlemen and professionals in a society of geometric figures, who guides us through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The Square has a dream about a visit to a one-dimensional world (Lineland) which is inhabited by \"lustrous points\". He attempts to convince the realm's ignorant monarch of a second dimension but finds that it is essentially impossible to make him see outside of his eternally straight line.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeveral films have been made from the story, including a feature film in 2007 called Flatland. Other efforts have been short or experimental films, including one narrated by Dudley Moore and the short films Flatland: The Movie and Flatland 2: Sphereland starring Martin Sheen and Kristen Bell.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robin Michell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079009222896,"sku":"2940148210641","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148210641_p0.jpg?v=1763706126","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148210641","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}