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Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West: a novel / Gregory Maguire ; illustrations by Douglas Smith.
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9780061350962
0061350966
Name
Maguire, Gregory
Title
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West: a novel / Gregory Maguire ; illustrations by Douglas Smith.
Published
New York : Harper, 2007.
Description
538 p. : ill., maps ; 18 cm.
Notes
"First Harper paperback printing: October 2007. First ReganBooks trade paperback printing: November 1996. First ReganBooks hardcover printing: October 1995"--T.p. verso.
Contents
Prologue : On the Yellow Brick Road -- pt. 1. Munchkinlanders -- The root of evil -- The clock of the time dragon -- The birth of a witch -- Maladies and remedies -- The quadling glassblower -- Geographies of the seen and the unseen -- Child's play -- Darkness abroad -- pt. 2. Gillikin -- Galinda -- Bog -- The charmed circle -- pt. 3. The city of emeralds -- pt. 4. In the Vinkus -- The voyage out -- The Jasper Gates of Kiamo Ko -- Uprising -- pt. 5. The murder and its afterlife.
Summary
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender.
Subjects
Wizard of Oz (Motion picture) -- Adaptations
Good and evil / Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Good and evil / Fiction.
Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction
Witches -- Fiction
Oz (Imaginary place)
Witches
Fantasy fiction
Good and evil
Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction
Witches -- Fiction
Genre
Fantasy fiction
Fantasy fiction
Fiction
Fantasy fiction
Other Names
Smith, Douglas, 1938-
Series
Wicked years
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Fantasy fiction
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Fiction
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Good and evil
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Good and evil -- Fiction
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Oz (Imaginary place)
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Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction
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Witches
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Witches -- Fiction
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Wizard of Oz (Motion picture) -- Adaptations
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Polarity
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Theodicy
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Chick lit
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Smith, Douglas, 1938-
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