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Wicked

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West : A Novel

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An edition of Wicked (1995)

Wicked

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West : A Novel

First Harper paperback printing

by

  • ★★★★ 4.1 (16 ratings)
  • 553 Want to read
  • 24 Currently reading
  • 37 Have read

When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like first-class citizens, Munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middle-class stability and the Tin Man becomes a victim of domestic violence. And then there is the little green-skinned girl named Elphaba, who will grow up to be the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, a smart, prickly and misunderstood creature who challenges all our preconceived notions about the nature of good and evil.

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Harper
Language
English
Pages
538

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Love Witches Fiction Oz (Imaginary place) Brujas Novela Oz (Lugar imaginario) Novela fantástica Spanish language materials Fiction, fantasy, general Oz (imaginary place), fiction Fantasy fiction Occult fiction Classic Literature Good and evil Fantasy Reading Level-Grade 9 Reading Level-Grade 11 Reading Level-Grade 10 Reading Level-Grade 12 Large type books nyt:e-book-fiction=2013-05-19 New York Times bestseller nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2008-11-02 Fiction, fairy tales, folk tales, legends & mythology Fiction, fantasy, epic Fiction, fantasy, contemporary feminist retelling

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
May 27, 2008, HarperLuxe
Paperback in English - First HarperLuxe Edition
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Wicked: memorias de una bruja mala
2007, Editorial Planeta, Editorial Planeta Mexicana
in Spanish - 1a ed.
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Wicked SPA: Memorias de una Bruja Mala
April 24, 2007, Rayo
in English
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West : A Novel
October 2007, Harper
Paperback in English - First Harper paperback printing
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Wicked: the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West
2005, HarperCollins
in English
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Wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel
2000, ReganBooks
in English
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
November 6, 1996, Harper Paperbacks
Paperback in English
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Wicked: the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel
1995, ReganBooks
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
October 31, 1995, William Morrow
Hardcover in English - 1st ed edition

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Table of Contents

Prologue : on the Yellow Brick Road
I. 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
II. Gillikin
Galinda
Bog
The charmed circle
III. The city of emeralds
IV. In the Vinkus
The voyage out
The Jasper Gates of Kiamo Ko
Uprising
V. The murder and its afterlife.

Edition Notes

"First Harper paperback printing: October 2007. First ReganBooks trade paperback printing: November 1996. First ReganBooks hardcover printing: October 1995"--T.p. verso.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3563.A3535 W5 2007

Contributors

Illustrator
Douglas Smith

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
538 p.
Number of pages
538

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24374332M
ISBN 10
0061350966
ISBN 13
9780061350962
OCLC/WorldCat
174042125

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL66218W

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