With wry humor and penetrating satire, "Flatland" takes readers on a mind-expanding journey into a different world to give us a new vision of our own. This mathematical fantasy is about life in a two-dimensional world ... where everything is flat. All existence is limited to length and breadth and the geometric shapes that inhabit Flatland cannot imagine a third dimension. But A. Square spins fascinating tales of one and two dimensional worlds. However, when he dares to speak openly of a third or fourth dimension, he meets a tragic fate. Flatland introduces aspects of relativity and hyperspace years before Einstein's famous theories. The book is also quite a funny satire on society and class distinctions of Victorian England.