Lyman Frank Baum

The Wizard of Oz Chiltern Classic

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ISBN: 9781914602467
Author : Lyman Frank Baum
Published: 2024
Publisher: Chiltern Publishing
Number of pages: 192
Language: English
Format: Hardback

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Chiltern Publishing was formed in 2018 with a vision tocreate the most beautiful classics. Using a perfect mix of tradition andthe very latest in printing techniques, 19th Century quality has met 21stCentury technology. With wonderfully detailed covers, sparkling gilt edges,creamy pages, and stitched binding they are the most beautiful classics everpublished.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum. 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. A modern fairy tale with a distinctly American setting delightfully level headed and assertive heroine, and engaging fantasy characters, the story was enormously popular and became a classic of children literature. The book was first published in the United States in May1900 by the George M. Hill Company. In January 1901, the publishing companycompleted printing the first edition, a total of 10,000 copies, which quicklysold out. It had sold three million copies by the time it entered the publicdomain in 1956. It was often reprinted under the title The Wizard of Oz, whichis the title of the successful 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the1939 live-action film.

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