Flatland
by Edwin A. Abbott

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Flatland: Frame Story 1 key example

Key Examples in Flatland

Chapter 11
Explanation and Analysis—Framing Flatland:

In Flatland the author constructs the narrative of A Square’s journey within a frame story, with the protagonist, A Square recounting his experiences in “the World of Space” from a miserable existence in prison:

It is high time that I should pass from these brief and discursive notes about things in Flatland to the central event of this book, my initiation into the mysteries of Space. That is my subject; all that has gone before is merely preface.