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

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.

This re-creation of the land of Oz, tells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Wicked just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.

Record details

ISBN: 0060745908
ISBN: 9780060745905
Physical Description: 409 pages, 16 pages of plates : paperback, color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: Revised with photos.
Publisher: New York : ReganBooks, 2004.
Copyright: ©1995

Content descriptions

General Note:

"First paperback edition published in 1996, reissued 2000, revised with photos 2004"--Title page verso.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: On the Yellow Brick Road -- Munchkinlanders -- The Root of Evil -- The Clock of the Time Dragon -- The Birth of a Witch -- Maladies and Remedies -- The Luadling Glassblower -- Geographies of the Seen and the Unseen -- Child's Play -- Darkness Abroad -- Gillikin -- Galinda -- Boq -- The Charmed Circle -- City of Emeralds -- In the Vinkus -- The Voyage Out -- The Jasper Gates of Kiamo Ko -- Uprisings -- The Murder and Its Afterlife.