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Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West: a novel / Gregory Maguire ; illustrations by Douglas Smith.

Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West: a novel / Gregory Maguire ; illustrations by Douglas Smith.
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ISBN 9780061350962
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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 1].
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