The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 1

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 1

Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Overview: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. The first novel in the Oz series, the story chronicles the adventures of a young Kansas farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home by a tornado. Upon her arrival in Oz, she learns she cannot return home until she has destroyed the Wicked Witch of the West. The book was first published in the United States in May 1900 by the George M. Hill Company. In January 1901, the publishing company completed printing the first edition, a total of 10,000 copies, which quickly sold out. It had sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956. It was often reprinted under the title The Wizard of Oz, which is the title of the successful 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the classic 1939 live-action film. The ground-breaking success of both the original 1900 novel and the 1902 Broadway musical prompted Baum to write thirteen additional Oz books which serve as official sequels to the first story. Over a century later, the book is one of the best-known stories in American literature, and the Library of Congress has declared the work to be "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale."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: 1900

Series: Nonestica Continent of Imagination, Land of Oz, The Oz Books Series, Novels Series, Oz #1

Author: L. Frank Baum

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

Episode: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum - Book 1

Part: 1 of 1

Length Part: 3:49:38

Book: 1

Length Book: 3:49:38

Episodes: 1 - 24 of 24

Successor: The Marvelous Land of Oz

Narrator: Lyn Stanley

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

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

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