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艾勃特借由书中虚构的二维空间平面国国民“正方形”一角来表达对于维多利亚时代阶层制度的辛辣讽刺，而这本小说更长远的贡献是对于维度的审视。1884年，第二次工业革命尚未完成，现代物理学更是连影子还没有，艾勃特已在《平面国》中畅想高维空间了。即使到了人们提出微观世界可能由十维或更高维构成的现在，《平面国》依然作为一本多维空间“启蒙书”而得到人们的一再推崇和引用。
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The concept of this book is really interesting: a square in a world called “flatland” tells about his world & has an experience with a few people from other worlds.The writing style wasn’t bad but it did tend to drone on. Sentences would run on with more info than what’s needed. The first half of the book is descriptions of his world but it could have been condensed to just a couple chapters & then we could have gotten on with the story, which would have been nice since the second half feels like it’s missing something.The characters, although shapes in a 2D world, have interesting personalities & relationships with others that you wouldn’t expect possible. But most of their world isn’t exactly what you would expect is possible.The book was written in the late 1800s & you can tell by the wording used & the structure of the sentences but it isn’t too hard for the modern reader to understand.It’s a short read so if you want something a little different then what you’d normally read, pick this up. I wouldn’t say it’s a must read though.