In 1884, a modest theologian-cum-schoolteacher, Edwin A. Abbott, anonymously published Flatland, a work inspired by non-Euclidean geometries. Exact date of publication is unknown; if you have information about the correct date, please email felluga@purdue.edu with this information. Image: Cover of Flatland. This is a media file that Houghton Library believes to be in the public domain of the United States. This applies to a work published before January 1, 1923, or the unpublished work of an author who died more than 70 years ago.

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Deanna Kreisel, “The Discovery of Hyperspace in Victorian Literature”