Author · United Kingdom · 1838–1926
Edwin Abbott Abbott
Geometric satire and social thought; dimensions used to test class and dogma.
Edwin Abbott Abbott was an English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884).
Genres
Science fiction
Seeing in more dimensions in 2026
Edwin Abbott Abbott makes math a mirror. Flatland turns shape into status and perspective into ethics. The joke is gentle and the point is sharp. Read him today to enjoy concept fiction that still teaches scale, humility, and clear seeing.
