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SquareThe narrator describes Flatland, where inhabitants move across a surface and see one another as lines.Verschijnt voor het eerst in section 1
GrandsonOne of the narrator’s grandsons appears in examples showing how movement and viewing angles complicate recognition.Verschijnt voor het eerst in section 6
ChromatistesChromatistes discovers simple colours and begins a fashion for painting bodies that makes recognition easier.Verschijnt voor het eerst in section 8
PantocyclusPantocyclus announces acceptance of the Colour Bill while arranging an attack on its supporters.Verschijnt voor het eerst in section 10
KingThe ruler of Lineland describes a world where inhabitants move and see along a single line.Verschijnt voor het eerst in section 13
SphereA mysterious visitor changes apparent size and defends the grandson’s suggestion about cubing.Verschijnt voor het eerst in section 15
WifeThe Square’s wife leaves before he examines the visitor and questions his claims about space.Verschijnt voor het eerst in section 16

Section 1
The narrator introduces Flatland and explains why its inhabitants see one another as straight lines.
Section 2
The narrator explains directions, house design, and laws that restrict inquiry into Flatland’s constant light.
Section 3
The narrator describes a social order based on bodily shape and methods used to preserve ruling privileges.
Section 4
The narrator describes the dangers posed by women’s pointed bodies and the laws controlling their movements.
Section 5
The narrator explains how hearing and touch identify people, despite unreliable voices and dangerous physical contact.
Section 6
The narrator explains how educated Flatlanders use fog and differences in brightness to recognize shapes.
Section 7
The narrator defends bodily regularity and laws that punish inhabitants with unequal sides.
Section 8
Chromatistes introduces bodily painting, and the practice spreads until only Women and Priests remain unpainted.
Section 9
Revolutionary leaders propose compulsory painting for Women and Priests while Soldiers and Artisans demand equal rights.
Section 10
Pantocyclus pretends to accept the Colour Bill, then traps reformers in an assembly massacre.
Section 11
The narrator describes priestly rule and dangerous medical treatments used to seek Circular status for infants.
Section 12
The Square questions difficulties in the doctrine linking shape with conduct and argues against denying women education.
Section 13
The narrator dreams of Lineland and questions its King about life confined to a single line.
Section 14
The narrator fails to explain sideways movement to the King, faces threats, and wakes.
Section 15
A mysterious visitor appears after the narrator rejects his grandson’s suggestion about the geometrical meaning of cubing.
Section 16
The visitor identifies himself as a Sphere, but his demonstrations fail to convince the Square of three-dimensional space.
Section 17
The Sphere removes a locked-away book and touches the narrator internally before declaring he will take him outside his Plane.
Section 18
The Sphere carries the narrator through Spaceland, where he witnesses his brother’s sentence of lifelong imprisonment.
Section 19
The Square demands knowledge of higher dimensions, but the Sphere rejects his arguments before he descends to Flatland.
Section 20
The narrator dreams of Pointland, and the Sphere admits his mistake in rejecting exploration beyond three dimensions.
Section 21
A proclamation deters the narrator from open preaching, while his frightened Grandson rejects lessons about three dimensions.
Section 22
The narrator receives life imprisonment after publicly describing his experiences, and seven years pass without converts.
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