Ozma of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 3

Ozma of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 3

Title: Ozma of Oz

Overview: Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, Billina the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People Too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein, published on July 30, 1907, was the official third book of L. Frank Baum's Oz series. It was the first in which Baum was clearly intending a series of Oz books. It is the first Oz book where the majority of the action takes place outside of the Land of Oz. Only the final two chapters take place in Oz itself. This reflects a subtle change in theme: in the first book, Oz is the dangerous land through which Dorothy must win her way back to Kansas; in the third, Oz is the end and aim of the book. Dorothy's desire to return home is not as desperate as in the first book, and it is her uncle's need for her rather than hers for him that makes her return. The book was illustrated throughout in color by artist John R. Neill. It bore the following dedication: "To all the boys and girls who read my stories – and especially to the Dorothys – this book is lovingly dedicated." The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. Even while he was alive, Baum was styled as "the Royal Historian of Oz" in order to emphasize the concept that Oz is an actual place. In his Oz books, Baum created the illusion that characters such as Dorothy and Princess Ozma relayed their adventures in Oz to Baum themselves, by means of a wireless telegraph.

Published: 1907

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #3

Author: L. Frank Baum

Genre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Children's Novel, Action & Adventure

Episode: Ozma of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 3

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 4:12:00

Book: 3

Length Book: 4:12:00

Episodes: 1 - 21 of 21

Predecessor: The Marvelous Land of Oz

Successor: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

Narrator: Phil Chenevert

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventures, travelers, fairy tale, magic, magical kingdom, wizard, witches, royalty, whimsical, fantasy, mythology, legends

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