The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank Baum
Cover: “You ought to be ashamed of yourself!” (Dorothy meets the Cowardly Lion), plate from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by W. W. Denslow (1856–1915) · Wikimedia Commons (scan from the Library of Congress copy of the 1900 first edition) · Public domain
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's fantasy novel written by the American author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home by a cyclone. Upon her arrival in the magical world of Oz, she learns she cannot return home until she has destroyed the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Table of contents
- 1: The Cyclone
- 2: The Council with the Munchkins
- 3: How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
- 4: The Road Through the Forest
- 5: The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
- 6: The Cowardly Lion
- 7: The Journey to the Great Oz
- 8: The Deadly Poppy Field
- 9: The Queen of the Field Mice
- 10: The Guardian of the Gate
- 11: The Wonderful City of Oz
- 12: The Search for the Wicked Witch
- 13: The Rescue
- 14: The Winged Monkeys
- 15: The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
- 16: The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
- 17: How the Balloon Was Launched
- 18: Away to the South
- 19: Attacked by the Fighting Trees
- 20: The Dainty China Country
- 21: The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
- 22: The Country of the Quadlings
- 23: Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
- 24: Home Again