The unforgettable characters in this tale include the cheerful Munchkins, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lion, of Oz, the Good Witch of the North and Glinda, the Good Witch of the South. Described as 'America's greatest and best loved homegrown fairytale' by the Library of Congress, this book is a delightful story with many subtle life lessons.
This edition includes timelines of the author's life and the original year of publication, which provide the literary, historical and cultural context of the book.
Yet the old-time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incident devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder-tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.
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