The author died >100 years ago, so the entire text is public domain if anyone wants to read it. https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Flatland
I don’t like reading books on a screen but… it is hard to pass up free - then again, libraries also exist and THIS BOOK IS WORTHWHILE.
I could barely put it down the entire time I read it, it just consumed me.
Just a note, it is actually so offensive to a woman’s role in society that many (most? I have no idea) scholars think that it was so over-the-top that it must have been meant as a critique of the then-status-quo.
This book has fucking VISION, even centuries into the future.
Hopefully it won’t remain so for millennia as well - bc of the thoughts finally becoming commonplace in society; but even then it would remain as a historical milestone towards that fantastic end.:-)
Your passion makes an excellent case on its own. You convinced me to give it a shot, I’ll look for it at the library. I hope they have it.
Alright so I went to the library and they are getting a copy from another branch, should have it in a few days.
I think the librarian was kinda impressed I asked for a book from the 1880’s. 😆
Just a note, it is actually so offensive to a woman’s role in society that many (most? I have no idea) scholars think that it was so over-the-top that it must have been meant as a critique of the then-status-quo.
The author outright stated that it was meant as a critique in the 2nd edition, so there’s no need to guess :)
Was that the actual author, or a statement added on their behalf? I thought I recalled reading it as the latter, where it seemed they were just guessing.
Either way it could be a kind of trigger warning for someone who even knowing that wouldn’t want to read the text.
It was the actual author, who got annoyed that people couldn’t recognise satire. Not much different from today, in other words 😂
