The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / The Marvelous Land of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
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The wonderful Wizard of Oz: Dorothy and her dog Toto are swept up by a cyclone in Kansas and deposited in the magical land of Oz, where she sets out to find the Wizard of Oz to help her return home. The marvelous land of Oz: Tip and his creation, Jack Pumpkinhead, travel in Oz, where they save Oz from the evil witch Mombi.Tags
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Best known as the author of the Wizard of Oz series, Lyman Frank Baum was born on May 15, 1856, in New York. When Baum was a young man, his father, who had made a fortune in oil, gave him several theaters in New York and Pennsylvania to manage. Eventually, Baum had his first taste of success as a writer when he staged The Maid of Arran, a show more melodrama he had written and scored. Married in 1882 to Maud Gage, whose mother was an influential suffragette, the two had four sons. Baum often entertained his children with nursery rhymes and in 1897 published a compilation titled Mother Goose in Prose, which was illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. The project was followed by three other picture books of rhymes, illustrated by William Wallace Denslow. The success of the nursery rhymes persuaded Baum to craft a novel out of one of the stories, which he titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Some critics have suggested that Baum modeled the character of the Wizard on himself. Other books for children followed the original Oz book, and Baum continued to produce the popular Oz books until his death in 1919. The series was so popular that after Baum's death and by special arrangement, Oz books continued to be written for the series by other authors. Glinda of Oz, the last Oz book that Baum wrote, was published in 1920. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / The Marvelous Land of Oz
- Original publication date
- 1982
- People/Characters
- Dorothy Gale; Ozma of Oz; Aunt Em; Scarecrow [Oz]; Uncle Henry; Tin Woodman (Nick Chopper) (show all 17); Toto; Cowardly Lion; Wicked Witch of the West; the Witch of the North; Wizard of Oz; Glinda (the Good Witch of the South); Mr. H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E.; Jack Pumpkinhead; Sawhorse; Gump; Jinjur (General, Queen )
- Important places
- Oz; Kansas, USA; Emerald City, Oz; Gillikin Country; Munchkin Country; Quadling Country (show all 7); Winkie Country
- First words
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.
The Marvelous Land of Oz: In the Country of the Gillikins, which is at the North of the Land of Oz, lived a youth called Tip. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: "I'm so glad to be at home again."
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Marvelous Land of Oz: "You are both rich, my friends," said Ozma, gently; "and your riches are the only riches worth having--the riches of content!" - Disambiguation notice
- This is an anthology containing two books: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (published in 1900) and The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904). Don't combine with collections containing different books, or with individual books.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 813.4 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English Later 19th Century 1861-1900
- LCC
- PZ8 .B327 .W — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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