It takes the average reader 2 hours and 22 minutes to read Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions. (1884) Satirical Novella by by Edwin Abbott Abbott
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London. Written pseudonymously as "A Square," the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on the hierarchy of Victorian culture, but the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions. Several films have been made from the story, including the feature film Flatland (2007). Other efforts have been short or experimental films, including one narrated by Dudley Moore and the short films The story describes a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple line-segments, while men are polygons with various numbers of sides. The narrator is a square named A Square, a member of the caste of gentlemen and professionals, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. The first half of the story goes through the practicalities of existing in a two-dimensional universe as well as a history leading up to the year 1999 on the eve of the 3rd Millennium.
Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions. (1884) Satirical Novella by by Edwin Abbott Abbott is 138 pages long, and a total of 35,604 words.
This makes it 47% the length of the average book. It also has 44% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 14 minutes to read Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions. (1884) Satirical Novella by aloud.
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