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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

24 chapters · 473 readings · about 27 hours of typing at a gentle pace, whenever you feel like it.

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chapters

  1. The Cyclone
  2. The Council with the Munchkins
  3. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
  4. The Road Through the Forest
  5. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
  6. The Cowardly Lion
  7. The Journey to the Great Oz
  8. The Deadly Poppy Field
  9. The Queen of the Field Mice
  10. The Guardian of the Gate
  11. The Wonderful City of Oz
  12. The Search for the Wicked Witch
  13. The Rescue
  14. The Winged Monkeys
  15. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
  16. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
  17. How the Balloon Was Launched
  18. Away to the South
  19. Attacked by the Fighting Trees
  20. The Dainty China Country
  21. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
  22. The Country of the Quadlings
  23. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy's Wish
  24. Home Again

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Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds. Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and Dorothy a little bed in another corner.

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