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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
An illustrated page by W.W. Denslow in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
The novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written by the American author L. Frank Baum. Published in 1900, this work became a classic of children’s literature and launched a popular series of books set in the imaginary land of Oz.1