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《绿野仙踪》即《奥茨国的魔术师》,是美国儿童文学史上20世纪的第一部受到赞赏的童话,1900年出版后,连续两年高居童书畅销榜的首位。
内容简介
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's book written in 1900 by L. Frank Baum. It was originally published by the George M. Hill company in Chicago, and has since been reprinted countless times, sometimes under the name The Wizard of Oz. The story chronicles the adventures of a girl named Dorothy in the land of Oz. It is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated. Its initial success led to Baum's writing and having published thirteen more Oz books. The book has been in public domain since 1956.
Plot summary
Dorothy Gale is a young girl who lives on a Kansas farm with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Emily ("Auntie Em"), and her little dog Toto. (Although her last name is only revealed in later books in the Oz series.) One day a cyclone appears outside and before Dorothy can reach the storm cellar, the farmhouse is caught up in the cyclone and deposited in a grassy field in the country of the Munchkins. The falling house kills the Wicked Witch of the East, who had established a reign of terror over the Munchkins.
The Good Witch of the North comes with the Munchkins to greet Dorothy, and gives her the Silver Shoes the Wicked Witch of the East had been wearing when she was killed (her death is explained in The Tin Woodman of Oz as due to her being old and dried up before Oz became a fairyland). In order to return to Kansas, the Good Witch of the North consults a magical blackboard which recommends: "Let Dorothy go to the City of Emeralds" and ask the Wizard of Oz to help her. The Good Witch of the North also kisses Dorothy on the forehead, stating that no one will harm a person who has been kissed by her. On her way down the Yellow Brick Road, Dorothy meets some remarkable characters: she liberates the Scarecrow from the pole he's hanging on, restores the mobility of the rusted Tin Woodman, and encourages the Cowardly Lion to journey with her and Toto to the Emerald City. The Scarecrow wants to get a brain, the Tin Woodman a heart, and the Cowardly Lion courage; and they are convinced by Dorothy that the Wizard can help them too. Together they overcome a pair of ravening Kalidah and escape from a field of sleep-inducing poppies.……
This book will show all the readers the fantastic adventure of young Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto as well as her strange friends.
《绿野仙踪》主要讲了主人公小女孩多罗茜和她的小狗托托、想要得到智慧的稻草人、特别盼望得到一颗心的铁皮人和超级胆小而想要胆量的一只狮子,他们各自都有一个愿望,而他们的愿望只有翡翠城里的奥芝才能帮他们实现,他们终于克服了重重困难才到达了翡翠城,于是,一段令人不可思议的奇异旅程开始了。
作者简介
L. Frank Baum, Writer, born in Chittenango, New York, USA. A sickly child, he studied at home, became an actor (1870s), worked in the family oil business, then moved to South Dakota. While working as a journalist there, he wrote his first book, Father Goose: His Book, published in 1899 after he had moved to Chicago to work on a trade magazine for window decorators. It proved a success; but his next book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), was even more successful, and he adapted it for the musical stage in 1901. After travelling to Europe, he settled in Pasadena, CA (1902), where he turned out 13 more books in the Oz series and many other children's stories, mostly in the fantasy genre, using pen names such as Schuyler Staunton, Laura Bancroft, Captain Hugh Fitzgerald, Suzanne Metcalfe, Floyd Akens, and Edith Van Dyne. Although appreciated primarily as children's tales, the Oz books have also been read as incorporating Baum's views on American society.
莱曼·弗兰克·鲍姆(Lyman Frank Baum,1856年5月15日-1919年5月6日),美国作家、演员、报纸编辑,也曾是独立电影的电影监制。他生于纽约州,父亲是个桶匠,后来到宾夕法尼亚州开采石油并发了财。鲍姆的童年是在父亲的大庄园里度过的,他从小体弱多病,受到家人的特别关照。他对童话和幻想故事的迷恋几乎到了“白日梦”的程度,父母很担心这会影响他的性格发展,决心送他去军校。军校的严谨生活并没有改善他的性格,只导致他精神崩溃。父母只好把他从军校接回家,任由他发展自己的兴趣。
《绿野仙踪》(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,1900年,又译为《神秘欧兹国》、《奥兹国之伟大巫师》)是他最有名的美国儿童文学著作。此书后被改编为电影《绿野仙踪》(1939年)。在《绿野仙踪》大受欢迎之后,陆续创作奥兹国相关系列作品14本。
他的第一本童话著作是《鹅妈妈故事集》(Mother Goose in Prose,1897年),一生共有约60部著作。
前言/序言
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