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One of the true classics of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over four generations. Originally published in 1900, it was the first truly American fairy tale, as Baum crafted a wonderful fantasy out of such familiar items as a cornfield scarecrow, a mechanical woodman, and a humbug wizard who used old-fashioned hokum to express that universal theme, "There′s no place like home." Follow the adventures of young Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, as their Kansas house is swept away by a cyclone and they find themselves in a strange land called Oz. Here she meets the Munchkins and joins the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion on an unforgettable journey to the Emerald City, where lives the all-powerful Wizard of Oz. This lavishly produced facsimile of the rare first edition contains all 24 of W.W. Denslow′s original colour plates, the colourful pictorial binding, and the 130 two-colour illustrations that help make The Wonderful Wizard of Oz so special and enduring. Ages 9+
作者簡介
L. Frank Baum, Writer, born in Chittenango, New York, USA. A sickly child, he studied at home, became an actor (1870s), worked in the family oil business, then moved to South Dakota. While working as a journalist there, he wrote his first book, Father Goose: His Book, published in 1899 after he had moved to Chicago to work on a trade magazine for window decorators. It proved a success; but his next book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), was even more successful, and he adapted it for the musical stage in 1901. After travelling to Europe, he settled in Pasadena, CA (1902), where he turned out 13 more books in the Oz series and many other children's stories, mostly in the fantasy genre, using pen names such as Schuyler Staunton, Laura Bancroft, Captain Hugh Fitzgerald, Suzanne Metcalfe, Floyd Akens, and Edith Van Dyne. Although appreciated primarily as children's tales, the Oz books have also been read as incorporating Baum's views on American society.
萊曼·弗蘭剋·鮑姆(Lyman Frank Baum,1856年5月15日-1919年5月6日),美國作傢、演員、報紙編輯,也曾是獨立電影的電影監製。他生於紐約州,父親是個桶匠,後來到賓夕法尼亞州開采石油並發瞭財。鮑姆的童年是在父親的大莊園裏度過的,他從小體弱多病,受到傢人的特彆關照。他對童話和幻想故事的迷戀幾乎到瞭“白日夢”的程度,父母很擔心這會影響他的性格發展,決心送他去軍校。軍校的嚴謹生活並沒有改善他的性格,隻導緻他精神崩潰。父母隻好把他從軍校接迴傢,任由他發展自己的興趣。
《綠野仙蹤》(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,1900年,又譯為《神秘歐茲國》、《奧茲國之偉大巫師》)是他最有名的美國兒童文學著作。此書後被改編為電影《綠野仙蹤》(1939年)。在《綠野仙蹤》大受歡迎之後,陸續創作奧茲國相關係列作品14本。
他的第一本童話著作是《鵝媽媽故事集》(Mother Goose in Prose,1897年),一生共有約60部著作。
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder)[綠野仙蹤/奧茨國的魔術師] [精裝] [8歲及以上] 下載 mobi epub pdf txt 電子書
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder)[綠野仙蹤/奧茨國的魔術師] [精裝] [8歲及以上] pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載