Flatland

Edwin Abbott's Flatland is an absurd, satirical, comedic novel that
describes the inhabitants and the inhabitants' lifestyles in a
two-dimensional world. He begins the novel describing the caste system and
each particular caste in the flatland. The lowest caste is that of the
isosceles triangles. The isosceles triangle caste includes soldiers and the
lowest class of workmen. Isosceles triangles are those that have two equal
sides and an unequal base. The next caste level is that of the equilateral
triangles and they make up the middle class. Next come the squares and
pentagons, which are the professional men and gentlemen. Next above these are
the Nobility. The Nobility include six-sided figures and up, rising in number
until they reach the title of polygonal, which means many-sided. When the
sides become so numerous that the figure cannot be distinguished from a
circle, it becomes part of the Circular caste, also known as the priestly
order. All of these castes include th...