L. Frank Baum 2 hr 37 min read

A Kansas cyclone whisks Dorothy and her dog Toto to the marvelous land of Oz, where she sets off down the yellow brick road with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman, and a Cowardly Lion.

L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel is the foundational classic of American fantasy. Warm, wondrous, immortal. Read it for the great American fairy tale, Dorothy's journey to the Emerald City and the humbug Wizard, with the most beloved companions in children's literature, in the book that launched the whole enchanted world of Oz.

In its time

Published in 1900, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

2 hr 37 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).