The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

By L. Frank Baum
Introduction by Regina Barreca

By L. Frank Baum
Introduction by Regina Barreca

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    About The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    THE INSPIRATION FOR THE CLASIC FILM

    “Follow the yellow brick road!”

    Since it first appeared in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has brought joy to generations. In it, a girl’s dream world comes to life as the cyclone lifts Dorothy from Kansas, depositing her in the enchanted land of the Munchkins. H ere she meets the famous Oz characters: the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, the Cowardly Lion, and the Wicked Witch of the West. Her adventures along the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City and the Wizard himself evoke the rich, universal appeal of a classic fairy tale.

    About The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum’s timeless classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the first uniquely American fairy tale. A combination of enchanting fantasy and piercing social commentary, this remarkable story has entertained and beguiled readers of all ages since it was first published in 1900. Ray Bradbury writes in his Introduction, “Both [Baum and Shakespeare] lived inside their heads with a mind gone wild with wanting, wishing, hoping, shaping, dreaming,” and it is this same hunger that makes all of us continue to seek out the story of Oz—and be nourished by it.
    This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the definitive first edition and includes the New York Times review of that edition as well as the original Preface by the author.

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    Praise

    “Baum was a true educator, and those who read his Oz books are often made what they were not—imaginative,
    tolerant, alert to wonders, life.”—Gore Vidal

    About L. Frank Baum

    Born in 1856, in Chittenango, New York, L. Frank Baum is best remembered for his monumental 1900 classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He returned frequently to the magical world he’d created, writing 13 books set in Oz. His considerable literary output included… More about L. Frank Baum

    About L. Frank Baum

    Born in 1856, in Chittenango, New York, L. Frank Baum is best remembered for his monumental 1900 classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He returned frequently to the magical world he’d created, writing 13 books set in Oz. His considerable literary output included… More about L. Frank Baum

    Product Details

    Mass Market Paperback
    Published by Signet
    Oct 03, 2006 | 240 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780451530295

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    Published by Signet
    Oct 03, 2006 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9781101078167

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