The Wizard of Oz
Published on 1. October 2013
208 pages
978-1-60710-954-9 (ISBN)
Description
"There is no place like home."
We all know the movie and storyline well. But have you ever read the original novel? Influenced by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, L. Frank Baum created this classic story and fantasy using the dream of young Dorothy on her journey home to demonstrate the theme of good vs. evil. Throughout her adventure, she encounters several newfound friends: a scarecrow, a tin woodman, and a cowardly lion. They traverse the land of Oz together by following the famous yellow brick road to the stunning Emerald City. Though they encounter surprises along the way, what they find in the Emerald City shocks them.
The Wizard of Oz is one of the best-known and most widely translated stories in popular culture, and the immediate success of The Wizard of Oz inspired L. Frank Baum to write thirteen more Oz books.
We all know the movie and storyline well. But have you ever read the original novel? Influenced by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, L. Frank Baum created this classic story and fantasy using the dream of young Dorothy on her journey home to demonstrate the theme of good vs. evil. Throughout her adventure, she encounters several newfound friends: a scarecrow, a tin woodman, and a cowardly lion. They traverse the land of Oz together by following the famous yellow brick road to the stunning Emerald City. Though they encounter surprises along the way, what they find in the Emerald City shocks them.
The Wizard of Oz is one of the best-known and most widely translated stories in popular culture, and the immediate success of The Wizard of Oz inspired L. Frank Baum to write thirteen more Oz books.
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L. Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 - May 6, 1919) was a US author, poet, playwright, actor, and independent filmmaker best known today as the creator - along with illustrator WW Denslow - of one of the most popular books in U.S. children's literature: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a plethora of other works, including 55 novels, 82 short stories, and over 200 poems.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
- I. The Cyclone
- II. The Council with the Munchkins
- III. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
- IV. The Road Through the Forest
- V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
- VI. The Cowardly Lion
- VII. The Journey to the Great Oz
- VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field
- IX. The Queen of the Field Mice
- X. The Guardian of the Gates
- XI. The Wonderful Emerald City of Oz
- XII. The Search for the Wicked Witch
- XIII. The Rescue
- XIV. The Winged Monkeys
- XV. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
- XVI. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
- XVII. How the Balloon Was Launched
- XVIII. Away to the South
- XIX. Attacked by the Fighting Trees
- XX. The Dainty China Country
- XXI. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
- XXII. The Country of the Quadlings
- XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy's Wish
- XXIV. Home Again
- LITTLE WIZARD STORIES OF OZ
- I. The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger
- II. Little Dorothy and Toto
- III. Tiktok and the Nome King
- IV. Ozma and the Little Wizard
- V. Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse
- VI. The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman
