Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott, Part 3
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
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🗓️ 14 November 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week, by multiple requests, let's trip back into Flatland, hear about the mighty Circles, and take a confounding journey to Lineland. What is the "world" anyway? It's just a matter of perspective.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime. |
| 0:08.0 | I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep. |
| 0:18.0 | Before we begin, I'd like to give a special shout out of thanks to some new members of our |
| 0:24.4 | Patreon family. Lori, Tom, Maria, Darcy, and Jessica. Thank you all so much for supporting this podcast. By becoming |
| 0:38.4 | members of Patreon, you help keep boring books for bedtime, relaxed and ad-free for everyone, and it's very much appreciated. |
| 0:48.0 | And because you became members in the month of November, all of you will be entered into a raffle at the end of this month, |
| 0:56.0 | the prize for which is an episode of this podcast made just for you. |
| 1:01.0 | If you're interested in supporting us and being entered into this |
| 1:05.7 | raffle, you'll find a link to Patreon in the show description. You'll also find a |
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| 1:17.1 | tip, no subscription required. I hope you'll take a moment to check them out. |
| 1:23.0 | Now, let's read and relax. |
| 1:27.0 | Find a comfortable spot. |
| 1:31.0 | Adjust your volume. spot. |
| 1:33.0 | Adjust your volume. |
| 1:36.0 | Take a nice deep breath in. |
| 1:40.0 | Let it out slowly. And off we go. |
| 1:47.0 | Tonight we're returning to a work that many of you have written into request more of. |
| 1:53.0 | Flatland, a romance of many dimensions, |
| 1:58.0 | written by Edwin A Abbott, |
| 2:01.0 | with illustrations by the author. A Square. |
| 2:07.0 | Published as a second and revised edition in 1884. Let's pick up right where we left off with Section 11 concerning our priests. |
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