Ozma of Oz

Credits and rights

Original writer

L. Frank Baum

Publisher of this edition

BoingyBooks Classics

Original publisher

Project Gutenberg

Adaptation credits

John Shoufler / BoingyBooks Classics — digital edition

Original source / edition

Ozma of Oz (1907)

License

Public Domain

License link

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Rights and adaptation notice

This work is in the public domain. John Shoufler published this digital edition through BoingyBooks Classics. The original work remains public domain and may be copied, adapted, and shared.

Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1907)

Dorothy returns to Oz via a shipwreck, accompanied by a talking yellow hen named Billina. Together they face the terrifying Nome King and rescue the Royal Family of Ev. Often considered the best of the Oz sequels.

Historical Significance:
Published in 1907, Ozma of Oz introduced Tik-Tok (one of the earliest robots in fiction), the Hungry Tiger, and the horrifying Princess Langwidere who changes heads the way others change hats. The Nome King's throne room — where prisoners are transformed into ornaments — influenced Disney's Return to Oz (1985) and countless fantasy works. Baum was a remarkably inventive world-builder, and this third Oz book shows him at his most imaginative and darkly creative.

This public domain classic was originally published in 1907. Free to read and share.