The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The silver shoes, not ruby — and a wizard who is only ever a man behind a curtain.
- Listening time
- about 4 h 12 min
- Length
- 39,464 words
- First published
- 1900
- Public domain
- the author died in 1919
- Edition
- Edition and cover by Standard Ebooks, released CC0
- Download in the app
- 211 KB stored on your device
- Language
- English
- Shelf
- Read to Someone
Listen in Chorus Reader
Free. Open the app, go to Discover, find the title and tap Get. It narrates on your device in the voice you choose, your own included. View the edition at standardebooks.org.
How it begins.
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.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · L. Frank Baum · 1900
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