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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott (writing under the pseudonym A Square). Here's an excerpt from a New York Times review (below), published in 1885, when the book came out.
Our next book club meeting is September 21, 2012. So get your copy, and your Cliff's Notes, and get reading. (You can get a free ebook version here.)
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Read the full review from 1885 here (pdf)
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