The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- First Published: 1900
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The early 1900’s
- Setting: Rural Kansas and the imaginary land of Oz
- Principal Characters: Dorothy, Toto, Uncle Henry, Aunt Em, The Scarecrow, The Tin Woodman, The Cowardly Lion, The Wicked Witch of the East, The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz, Glinda
- Genres: Long fiction, Children’s literature, Fantasy
- Subjects: Girls, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Dogs, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Twentieth century, Supernatural, Nineteenth century, Other worlds, Friendship, Midwest, Dreams, Self-confidence, Good and evil, Fantasy, Imagination, Shoes or shoemakers, Kansas, Tornadoes, Witches or witchcraft, Adventure, Animals, Lions, Quest, Scarecrows
- Locales: Kansas, Oz (mythic)
The Novel
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz consists of twenty-four chapters that tell the story of Dorothy’s arrival in Oz and her adventures in that magical country. An omniscient narrator tells the story in simple language. It begins on a Kansas farm where Dorothy, an orphan, lives in a one-room house with her grim, hardworking uncle and aunt. A tornado appears and Dorothy, her uncle, and aunt run for a cellar under the house. When Toto, Dorothy’s dog, jumps out of her arms, Dorothy runs to get the gog, and she and her pet are carried away by the winds. Dorothy falls...
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