Author : L Frank Baum
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (561 download)
Book Synopsis The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Illustrated (Global Classics) by : L Frank Baum
Download or read book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Illustrated (Global Classics) written by L Frank Baum and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz illustrated by W. W. Denslow.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (/ɒz/) is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900. It has since seen several reprints, most often under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the iconic 1939 musical film adaptation.The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone. The novel is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. The Library of Congress has declared it "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale". Its groundbreaking success and the success of the Broadway musical adapted from the novel led Baum to write thirteen additional Oz books that serve as official sequels to the first story.Baum dedicated the book "to my good friend & comrade, My Wife", Maud Gage Baum. In January 1901, George M. Hill Company completed printing the first edition, a total of 10,000 copies, which quickly sold out. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956.