Frank Baum set out to write 'a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nighmares are left out'. Published in May 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz had sold 100,000 copies by the following January, proving that this was exactly what his young readers wanted. The story of Dorothy, carried by a cyclone from a her uncle's Kansas farm to the Land of Oz, and her adventures on the yellow brick road with the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, has been an firm favourite with children ever since. The original illustrations by W. W. Denslow, which are reflected in the film and stage versions, have often been imitated but never surpassed.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Everyman
ISBN-13
9781857159035
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91466716
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Author
Frank Baum
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Children & Young Adults
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
212mm
Item Width
162mm
Item Weight
440g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Frank Baum
Series Title
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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