Skip to main content
Modern Philosophers
All books

Book

Available now

The Emerald City of Oz

L. Frank Baum

Dorothy Gale brings her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry to live permanently in Oz, escaping financial ruin on their Kansas farm.

"The Emerald City of Oz" by L. Frank Baum is a novel. Dorothy Gale brings her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry to live permanently in Oz, escaping financial ruin on their Kansas farm.

What you get

  • The book as EPUB, PDF, delivered to your library after payment.
  • Bought on its own: yours to keep.

Read a passage

The Nome King was in an angry mood, and at such times he was very disagreeable. Every one kept away from him, even his Chief Steward Kaliko.

Therefore the King stormed and raved all by himself, walking up and down in his jewel-studded cavern and getting angrier all the time. Then he remembered that it was no fun being angry unless he had some one to frighten and make miserable, and he rushed to his big gong and made it clatter as loud as he could.

In came the Chief Steward, trying not to show the Nome King how frightened he was.

"Send the Chief Counselor here!" shouted the angry monarch.

[12] Kaliko ran out as fast as his spindle legs could carry his fat round body, and soon the Chief Counselor entered the cavern. The King scowled and said to him:

"I'm in great trouble over the loss of my Magic Belt. Every little while I want to do something magical, and find I can't because the Belt is gone. That makes me angry, and when I'm angry I can't have a good time. Now, what do you advise?"

"Some people," said the Chief Counselor, "enjoy getting angry."

"But not all the time," declared the King. "To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life. Now, what do you advise?"

Contents

  1. 01The Emerald City of Oz
  2. 02List of Chapters
  3. 031. How the Nome King Became Angry
  4. 042. How Uncle Henry Got Into Trouble
  5. 053. How Ozma Granted Dorothy's Request
  6. 064. How the Nome King Planned Revenge
  7. 075. How Dorothy Became a Princess
  8. 086. How Guph Visited the Whimsie
  9. 097. How Aunt Em Conquered the Lion
  10. 108. How the Grand Gallipoot Joined the Nomes
  11. 119. How the Wogglebug Taught Athletics
  12. 1210. How the Wogglebug Taught Athletics
  13. 1311. How the General Met the First and Foremost
  14. 1412. How They Matched the Fuddles
  15. 1513. How the General Talked to the King
  16. 1614. How the Wizard Practiced Sorcery
  17. 1715. How Dorothy Happened to Get Lost
  18. 1816. How Dorothy Visited Utensia
  19. 1917. How They Came to Bunbury
  20. 2018. How Ozma Looked Into the Magic Picture
  21. 2119. How Bunnybury Welcomed the Strangers
  22. 2220. How Dorothy Lunched with a King
  23. 2321. How the King Changed His Mind
  24. 2422. How the Wizard Found Dorothy
  25. 2523. How They Encountered the Flutterbudgets
  26. 2624. How the Tin Woodman Told the Sad News
  27. 2725. How the Scarecrow Displayed His Wisdom
  28. 2826. How Ozma Refused to Fight for Her Kingdom
  29. 2927. How the Fierce Warriors Invaded Oz
  30. 3028. How They Drank at the Forbidden Fountain
  31. 3129. How Glinda Worked a Magic Spell
  32. 3230. How the Story of Oz Came to an End

About this edition

Author
L. Frank Baum
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
185 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers