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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L Frank Baum

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A cyclone carries Dorothy and her dog Toto from Kansas to an unfamiliar country. Hoping to return home, she follows the road toward the Wizard of Oz, meeting companions whose own wishes turn her journey into a shared search for help.

25 sections39,327 wordsAbout 2 h 59 min
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About The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The road gives repeated opportunities to compare what characters believe they lack with what their actions already show. Extraordinary places are approached through practical problems of food, travel and cooperation. Dorothy's ordinary wish for home supplies a steady measure of value amid impressive titles, frightening appearances and promises of magical authority.

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Notice how the companions demonstrate qualities they doubt they possess while helping one another through practical difficulties.

This reading edition contains 39,327 words in 25 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.

Author: L Frank Baum. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.

Opening excerpt

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.

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Contents

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  1. Introduction1 min
  2. Chapter I The Cyclone6 min
  3. Chapter II The Council with the Munchkins10 min
  4. Chapter III How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow9 min
  5. Chapter IV The Road Through the Forest7 min
  6. Chapter V The Rescue of the Tin Woodman10 min
  7. Chapter VI The Cowardly Lion7 min
  8. Chapter VII The Journey to the Great Oz9 min
  9. Chapter VIII The Deadly Poppy Field9 min
  10. Chapter IX The Queen of the Field Mice7 min
  11. Chapter X The Guardian of the Gate9 min
  12. Chapter XI The Wonderful City of Oz17 min
  13. Chapter XII The Search for the Wicked Witch17 min
  14. Chapter XIII The Rescue6 min
  15. Chapter XIV The Winged Monkeys9 min
  16. Chapter XV The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible13 min
  17. Chapter XVI The Magic Art of the Great Humbug5 min
  18. Chapter XVII How the Balloon Was Launched6 min
  19. Chapter XVIII Away to the South6 min
  20. Chapter XIX Attacked by the Fighting Trees5 min
  21. Chapter XX The Dainty China Country7 min
  22. Chapter XXI The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts5 min
  23. Chapter XXII The Country of the Quadlings5 min
  24. Chapter XXIII Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish6 min
  25. Chapter XXIV Home Again1 min

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