The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- First Published: 1900
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—high fantasy
- Time of Work: About 1900
- Setting: Kansas and the Land of Oz
- 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 Plot
The story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is known to countless millions worldwide because of the motion picture version of the story, The Wizard of Oz (1939), starring Judy Garland. Although Garland was considerably older than the Dorothy in the book and her adventures are dismissed as a dream, the film is otherwise reasonably faithful to L. Frank Baum’s novel.
A cyclone carries Dorothy and her dog Toto from bleak Kansas to the colorful Land of Oz, then drops their house on top of the Wicked Witch of the East. The Munchkins, who regard Dorothy as...
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