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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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  • Published: 2 February 2004
  • ISBN: 9780812970111
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $49.99

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child.

L. Frank Baum’s timeless classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the first uniquely American fairy tale. A combination of enchanting fantasy and piercing social commentary, this remarkable story has entertained and beguiled readers of all ages since it was first published in 1900. Ray Bradbury writes in his Introduction, “Both [Baum and Shakespeare] lived inside their heads with a mind gone wild with wanting, wishing, hoping, shaping, dreaming,” and it is this same hunger that makes all of us continue to seek out the story of Oz—and be nourished by it.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the text of the definitive first edition and includes the New York Times review of that edition as well as the original Preface by the author.
  • Published: 2 February 2004
  • ISBN: 9780812970111
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $49.99
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About the author

L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum was born in New York in 1856. The Wizard of Oz was based on a story he used to tell his own children. It was published in 1900 and became an international bestseller. The Wizard of Oz was made into a stage play in 1902 and a film starring Judy Garland in 1939. Baum wrote 12 more Oz novels and six short stories. After his death in 1919, his publishers carried on producing Oz stories and didn't stop until 1963!

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