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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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  • 96 páginas
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L. Frank Baum's timeless classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the fi rst 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 fi rst 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 defi nitive fi rst edition and includes the New York Times review of that edition as well as the original Preface by the author.

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Idioma
Inglés
Editorial
Digireads.com
Publicado en
2005
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
96
ISBN10
1420922262
ISBN13
9781420922264
Serie
Primera publicación
1900
Título original
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Calificación
4,45 de 5
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L. Frank Baum's timeless classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was the fi rst 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 fi rst 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 defi nitive fi rst edition and includes the New York Times review of that edition as well as the original Preface by the author.