The Wizard of Oz (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Threads)

Author：L. Frank Baum

Paperback: 432 pages

Publisher: Penguin Classics; Deluxe edition (4 Oct. 2012)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0143106635

ISBN-13: 978-0143106630

Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 2.8 x 21.3 cm

书籍简介

小说《绿野仙踪》（原名《奥兹的奇特男巫》），美国伟大的儿童文学作品，被称为美国的《西游记》。它问世于1900年，立即闻名遐迩。

《绿野仙踪》写的是堪萨斯州的小姑娘多萝西的故事。她和她的小狗托托被一阵威力无比的龙卷风吹到了奥兹国，为了回到家乡，回到收养她这个孤儿的亨利叔叔和艾姆婶婶身边，她遇到种种惊险，经历了千辛万苦。在她的漫长旅程中，不断有一些新的伙伴参加进来。其中有一心想要得到能够思索的脑子的稻草人，有一味想要一颗活跃的心的铁皮伐木工，拼命想要获得勇气的胆小的狮子。他们在加入这个队伍以前，各有自己的遭遇，现在却彼此成了亲密的旅伴。他们患难与共，喜悦同享，一起度过了那些不可思议的奇特经历，终于都实现了各自的心愿。故事曲折动人，人物个性鲜明，令人爱不释卷。

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This is the complete and unabridged story of The Wizard of Oz, in which Dorothy, together with her companions the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the cowardly Lion, makes her journey along the Yellow Brick Road in search of the wonderful wizard.

Bringing together traditional handicraft with cutting-edge book design, the Penguin Threads series has already created a huge buzz among the art and book-collecting communities. This latest set features cover art by painter and illustrator Rachell Sumpter, who brings a unique, whimsical sensibility to the Threads. With vivid colours and ambitiously intricate details, these additions to our innovative series commissioned by award-winning creative director Paul Buckley are rich works of art to be cherished and shared.

作者简介

Lyman Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 and had seven brothers and sisters. Until the age of twelve Baum was privately tutored at home and in 1869 he spent two years at a military academy. After various jobs including journalist and actor, Baum wrote his first novel Goose in Prose in 1897. He went on to write over sixty books, including, in 1900, his most famous novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum was married with four children and died in 1919.