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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
25 chapters and parts · about 3 hours to read
What the book is about
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum is a children's novel written in 1900. When a cyclone sweeps young Dorothy and her dog Toto from Kansas to the magical Land of Oz, she discovers only one way home: she must destroy the Wicked Witch of the West. Joined by a Scarecrow seeking brains, a Tin Woodman wanting a heart, and a Cowardly Lion desiring courage, Dorothy follows the yellow brick road to seek help from the mysterious Wizard of Oz.
This summary comes from the Project Gutenberg catalogue, where it was written automatically.
- Courage -- Juvenile fiction
- Cowardly Lion (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Cyclones -- Juvenile fiction
- Dreams -- Juvenile fiction
- Fantasy literature
Chapters
- Opening pagesabout 2 minutes
- Chapter IThe Cycloneabout 6 minutes
- Chapter IIThe Council with the Munchkinsabout 10 minutes
- Chapter IIIHow Dorothy Saved the Scarecrowabout 10 minutes
- Chapter IVThe Road Through the Forestabout 7 minutes
- Chapter VThe Rescue of the Tin Woodmanabout 10 minutes
- Chapter VIThe Cowardly Lionabout 7 minutes
- Chapter VIIThe Journey to the Great Ozabout 9 minutes
- Chapter VIIIThe Deadly Poppy Fieldabout 10 minutes
- Chapter IXThe Queen of the Field Miceabout 7 minutes
- Chapter XThe Guardian of the Gateabout 10 minutes
- Chapter XIThe Wonderful City of Ozabout 18 minutes
- Chapter XIIThe Search for the Wicked Witchabout 18 minutes
- Chapter XIIIThe Rescueabout 6 minutes
- Chapter XIVThe Winged Monkeysabout 9 minutes
- Chapter XVThe Discovery of Oz, the Terribleabout 14 minutes
- Chapter XVIThe Magic Art of the Great Humbugabout 5 minutes
- Chapter XVIIHow the Balloon Was Launchedabout 6 minutes
- Chapter XVIIIAway to the Southabout 6 minutes
- Chapter XIXAttacked by the Fighting Treesabout 5 minutes
- Chapter XXThe Dainty China Countryabout 8 minutes
- Chapter XXIThe Lion Becomes the King of Beastsabout 4 minutes
- Chapter XXIIThe Country of the Quadlingsabout 5 minutes
- Chapter XXIIIGlinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wishabout 6 minutes
- Chapter XXIVHome Againabout 1 minute
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #55, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.
