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The Wizard of Oz
And Other Wonderful Books of Oz: The Emerald City of Oz and Glinda of Oz
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This stunning collectible hardcover edition of L. Frank Baum's classic features gorgeous printed and sprayed edges, and coloured endpapers designed with an Ex Libris bookplate. In time to celebrate the forthcoming film adaptation of Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and Jonathan...
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"This fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels."--
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This stunning collectible hardcover edition of L. Frank Baum's classic features gorgeous printed and sprayed edges, and coloured endpapers designed with an Ex Libris bookplate.
In time to celebrate the forthcoming film adaptation of Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and Jonathan Bailey, and directed by Jon M. Chu, this edition is a Penguin Hardcover Classic.
This fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels in which he developed his utopian vision and garnered an immense and loyal following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces Dorothy, who arrives from Kansas and meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and a host of other characters.
The Emerald City of Oz (1910) finds Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry coming to Oz just as the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer its people. In Baum's final novel, Glinda of Oz (1920), Dorothy and Princess Ozma try to prevent a battle between the Skeezers and the Flatheads.
Tapping into a deeply rooted desire in himself and his loyal readers to live in a peaceful country which values the sharing of talents and gifts, Baum's imaginative creation—like all great utopian literature—holds out the possibility for change.
Baum's classics spawned many adaptations, including the 1939 Judy Garland-starring classic film The Wizard of Oz, and Gregory McGuire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which was adapted into the second-highest grossing Broadway musical of all time, Wicked (with a film version forthcoming in 2024 starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande).
Also included in this edition is a selection of the original illustrations by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill, a jacketed hardcover, and coloured and printed endpapers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780143138686
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 27 February 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Edited by Jack Zipes
- Introduction by Jack Zipes
- Illustrated by W. W. Denslow
- Illustrated by John R. Neill
- Illustrated by John R. Neill
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 204.0mm
Weight: 750g
Pages: 432
About the Author
L. FRANK BAUMwas an author, poet, playwright, actor and filmmaker.The Wonderful Wizard of Ozwas his most famous work. JACK ZIPESis an internationally regarded expert on fairy tales.
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