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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is 39,176 words — about 2h 37m at 250 words per minute, across 25 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, here.
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How it opens
Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.…
Details
- AuthorL. Frank Baum
- SourceProject Gutenberg #55
- Length39,176 words · 2h 37m of reading
- Chapters25
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-12
Contents
25 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Introduction
- 02Chapter I The Cyclone
- 03Chapter II The Council with the Munchkins
- 04Chapter III How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
- 05Chapter IV The Road Through the Forest
- 06Chapter V The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
- 07Chapter VI The Cowardly Lion
- 08Chapter VII The Journey to the Great Oz
- 09Chapter VIII The Deadly Poppy Field
- 10Chapter IX The Queen of the Field Mice
- 11Chapter X The Guardian of the Gate
- 12Chapter XI The Wonderful City of Oz
- 13Chapter XII The Search for the Wicked Witch
- 14Chapter XIII The Rescue
- 15Chapter XIV The Winged Monkeys
- 16Chapter XV The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
- 17Chapter XVI The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
- 18Chapter XVII How the Balloon Was Launched
- 19Chapter XVIII Away to the South
- 20Chapter XIX Attacked by the Fighting Trees
- 21Chapter XX The Dainty China Country
- 22Chapter XXI The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
- 23Chapter XXII The Country of the Quadlings
- 24Chapter XXIII Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
- 25Chapter XXIV Home Again
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