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Book cover of Flatland
FlatlandEdwin Abbott Abbott

Characters in Flatland

5 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • A. Square

    The narrator, a lawyer of Flatland, whose account of his own world is interrupted by a visitor who can see it from above.

Supporting characters

  • The Monarch of Lineland

    The sole sovereign of a one-dimensional world, who cannot be persuaded that a direction other than his own line exists.

  • The King of Lineland

  • A Sphere