The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

· G.M. Hill Company
3.7
32.7K reviews
Ebook
259
Pages

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In the first of L. Frank Baum's time-honored Oz novels, country girl Dorothy Gale gets whisked away by a cyclone to the fantastical Land of Oz. Dropped into the midst of trouble when her farmhouse crushes a tyrannical sorceress, Dorothy incurs the wrath of the Wicked Witch of the West. Dorothy is desperate to return to her native Kansas, and, aided by the Good Witch of the North, she sets out for the Emerald City to get help from the legendary Wizard. On her way, she meets three unlikely allies who embody key human virtues—the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion.

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3.7
32.7K reviews
A Google user
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a book that has it's own movie. Its about a girl names Dorthy that went on an adventure and as she is going through her journey she finds new friends but not the normal humans but scar crows, lion, and all these other characters. Dorothy goes through a lot dealing with the wicked witch because when her house went flying in the tornado it landed on top of the witches sister. Dorothy was known because of her red glittery high heels. She has to find the Great Wizard in order for her to go back home in Kansas. ~ Dayana Chatterbox
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A Google user
November 20, 2015
I didn't dislike the book I just don't understand the order of the book, it wasn't detailed so I would recommend this to anyone it looks like a 5 year old made it, so it's not my first choice. At the end it says congrats you finished the book but it didn't have anything about the author or anything about the book itself, no summary, no description. Really all this book is, is just an idea of the book, no details. OVERALL: this book should not cost anything because it sucks I hate it😡
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Yavriel Sechelle
July 20, 2013
Much more substantial and rich in content than the original movie and the prequel. It's been suggested that the story is a political allegory reflecting the times, much like Alice in Wonderland for the English, Baum wanted a homegrown fairy tale that America could call it's own. Suffice it to say I read a dichotomy of secularism vis a vis human ingenuity vs. Faith and belief in good and evil and their respective true power symbolized in good and evil witches whose magic is ultimately shown to be impotent.
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About the author

An enterprising man who dabbled in acting and business, L. Frank Baum found his true calling with his magical Oz stories. Conceived as American counterparts to European fairy tales, Baum's turn-of-the-century adventures starring Dorothy Gale and her misfit companions presented moral lessons amidst encounters with evil witches and winged monkeys. Baum adapted his imaginative novels for the stage and screen, and they eventually found lasting popularity with the lavish 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz.


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