A collectable hardcover edition bringing together three of L. Frank Baum's classic novels set
in the world of Oz as celebrated in the smash-hit film adaptation of Wicked This fully
annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels in which he developed his utopian
vision and which garnered an immense and loyal following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces
Dorothy who arrives from Kansas and meets the Scarecrow the Tin Woodman the Cowardly Lion
and a host of other characters. The Emerald City of Oz (1910) finds Dorothy Aunt Em and Uncle
Henry coming to Oz just as the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer its people. In Baum's
final novel Glinda of Oz (1920) Dorothy and Princess Ozma try to prevent a battle between the
Skeezers and the Flatheads. Tapping into a deeply rooted desire to live in a peaceful country
which values the sharing of talents and gifts Baum's imaginative creation like all great
utopian literature holds out the possibility for change. Baum's classics spawned many
adaptations including the 1939 Judy Garland-starring classic film The Wizard of Oz and Gregory
Maguire's 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. The latter
was adapted into the second-highest grossing Broadway musical of all time Wicked which is
also phenomenally successful in London's West End. Included in this edition are a selection of
original illustrations by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill a jacketed hardcover top-staining
and coloured endpapers.
