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L. Frank Baum

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Language
English
First published
1900
Reading time
171 minutes
Chapters
25 chapters

About this book

A cyclone lifts Dorothy's little house off the grey Kansas prairie, with Dorothy and her dog Toto inside, and sets it down in a bright and magical country.

To get home again she must follow a road of yellow brick to the Emerald City and ask the great Wizard for help, and on the way she makes some unlikely friends. L. Frank Baum wrote the book in 1900 as a new kind of fairy tale for American children, full of wonder but free of the old frightening morals. Its story has been retold on stage and screen ever since. Perfect for reading aloud.

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought…

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  • Source

    Project Gutenberg (eBook #55)

    Text version

    Project Gutenberg eBook #55 (updated 29 December 2024), downloaded 7 November 2026. Text only: the illustration placeholder, title page, dedication, contents list and the repeated title before chapter I were not imported, and W. W. Denslow's pictures for the first edition are not included. Baum's own introduction (signed Chicago, April 1900) and the 24 chapters are unchanged.

  • License

    Public domain

    Copyright status last verified: 9 November 2026

  • Category

    Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Chapters

25 chapters
  1. Introduction1 min
  2. I. The Cyclone5 min
  3. II. The Council with the Munchkins9 min
  4. III. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow9 min
  5. IV. The Road Through the Forest7 min
  6. V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman9 min
  7. VI. The Cowardly Lion7 min
  8. VII. The Journey to the Great Oz8 min
  9. VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field9 min
  10. IX. The Queen of the Field Mice7 min
  11. X. The Guardian of the Gate9 min
  12. XI. The Wonderful City of Oz16 min
  13. XII. The Search for the Wicked Witch16 min
  14. XIII. The Rescue6 min
  15. XIV. The Winged Monkeys9 min
  16. XV. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible12 min
  17. XVI. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug5 min
  18. XVII. How the Balloon Was Launched6 min
  19. XVIII. Away to the South6 min
  20. XIX. Attacked by the Fighting Trees5 min
  21. XX. The Dainty China Country7 min
  22. XXI. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts4 min
  23. XXII. The Country of the Quadlings5 min
  24. XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish6 min
  25. XXIV. Home Again1 min

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