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    The Emerald City of Oz

    Written by L. Frank Baum

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    The financial stress of rebuilding their family farm leaves Dorothy Gale's family facing mountains of debt.

    Upon hearing about her aunt and uncle's situation, Dorothy contacts Princess Ozma and arranges for her and her family to live in Oz, where they can be forever safe and at peace.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateJan 21, 2019
    ISBN9781974935451
    Author

    L. Frank Baum

    Lyman Frank Baum was born in 1856 in Chittenango in the state of New York. Educated mostly at home due to ill health, he was encouraged by his wealthy father to pursue his early interests in journalism and playwriting. He started his first magazine aged fifteen, had his own theatre at twenty-four and worked for many newspapers and periodicals before turning to children's fiction with stories he had made up for his own four sons. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, was his third bestselling book in as many years, and launched the series of Oz titles. Baum had moved with his family to Hollywood following the huge success of the books and stage adaptations. His own Oz Film Manufacturing Company failed to capitalize on the stories, and the hugely popular movie The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland, was not made until twenty years after Baum's death in 1939.

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    • 4/5
      This is one of the Oz books--I don't know where it falls in the series and I've been told that after the first three, it doesn't matter. It's essentially a couple of travelogues. One is the journey of the general of the Nome King, who ventures to odd lands to recruit troops to conquer and destroy the Land of Oz. The other trip is that taken by Dorothy and assorted companions, who, oblivious to the growing threat, are touring some unvisited corners in Oz's vast realm. As plots go, this one's pretty simplistic and, well, dull. The imaginative stops on the respective journeys make up for it a bit, though they vary in quality. Nothing of the book raises it from the realm of waiting room material.--J.
    • 4/5
      Oz is under attack. The Nome King Roquat the Red wants his magic belt, which was taken by Dorothy and is now with Ozma in the Emerald City. He rallies all of the evil entities in the kingdom to join his quest to conquer Oz. It reminded me a bit of the end of The Hobbit with the Battle of the Five Armies, but without the battle. The Phanfasms (a ghostly people led by The First and Foremost), Whimsies (stupid people), and the Growleywogs (a strong race) join together, but none of them truly have loyalty to the others. "All of these allies are dangerous people, and they may demand more than you have promised them. It might have been better to have conquered Oz without any outside assistance."At the same time, Dorothy moves permanently to Oz and bring her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em along with her because they’ve lost their farm in Kansas. For the first time they are able to see all the characters she’s told them so much about and they finally believe her stories. They travel through the kingdom meeting half a dozen interesting groups. The Cuttenclips are a community made up of paper dolls; even a sneeze is dangerous to them. Then there is a group made up of pastry people in Bunbury. In an Alice in Wonderland style section Dorothy is shrunk to the size of a rabbit to visit the rabbits in Bunnybury. The world of Utensia is made up of utensils. There’s a spoon brigade and a limit opportunity for fantastic puns! "I'm a lawyer," said the corkscrew, proudly. "I am accustomed to appear at the bar." "But you're crooked," retorted the King, "and that debars you. BOTTOM LINE: I wish I’d read this when I was little. How wonderful to be able to visit all of those creative worlds with innocent eyes. I even had fun reading them as an adult! **From the way the book ended it felt like the final book in the series. I wonder if Baum planned on stopping the series here but then had to write future books for some reason, maybe financial? “People often do a good deed without hope of reward, but for an evil deed they always demand payment.” "It's the thing we don't expect, Billina that usually happens." 
    • 4/5
      The Nome King gets mad and tries to take over Oz. And Dorothy takes her Aunt and Uncle on a tour of Oz. L Frank Baum intended for this to be the last Oz book. He has Dorothy, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry move to Oz to stay.
    • 3/5
      Originally published in 1910, this sixth entry in L. Frank Baum's Oz series alternates between two main story-lines. In the first, Dorothy, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry confront hard times at home in Kansas, with poor weather and Uncle Henry's worsening health threatening the family farm, which is shortly to be repossessed by the bank. Dorothy is encouraged by her aunt and uncle to escape to her fairyland (which her elderly relatives only partially believe in), but with Ozma's help she brings them to live with her in Oz, where they all will henceforth make their permanent home. After meeting Oz's girl ruler and seeing the Emerald City, they set out with some companions on a tour of the land, seeing some unique villages and settlements. Meanwhile, in the second story-line, the Nome King, still smarting from his defeat at the hands of Ozma and her friends in Ozma of Oz, decides that the beautiful fairy-land must be conquered and its people enslaved. His new general, Guph, hits upon a cunning scheme: the nomes will dig a tunnel under the terrible desert that protects Oz, and thereby invade the country. Enlisting the help of three terrible bands of evil creatures - the Whimsies, the Growleywogs, and the Phanfasms (a type of Erb) - the Nomes grow ever closer to their goal. Not unexpectedly, these two story-lines eventually converge at the end of the book, as the Ozites confront their invaders in the gardens of Ozma's palace...I always enjoyed certain aspects of The Emerald City of Oz as a girl, happy in the knowledge that Dorothy was finally in Oz to stay, and that in the end she didn't need to choose between Uncle Henry and Aunt Em and her magical friends and their marvelous land. I also always appreciated the many entertaining puns Baum employed in depicting his various new characters. The chapters devoted to Utensia, a settlement of living kitchen implements, and to Bunbury, a village of living pastries, stand out in this regard. That said, I have always felt (and continued to do so on this rereading) that the author ignored a rather significant plot hole in his story of the invading Nome army and their allies. Namely, that Ozma had only to use her Magic Belt (originally the Nome King's, and a major motivation for the invasion) to wish her enemies back to their own countries. This is, in fact, what she does at the end. Of course this wouldn't have been a long-term solution, as Oz's enemies would not have been reformed, and would have continued to wish her ill, but given the fact that Ozma was considering closing the borders to Oz permanently, it would have worked well enough. Leaving that rather glaring inconsistency of story aside, this is still an entertaining entry in the series, one which Baum clearly envisioned as the final chapter. Clearly that wasn't meant to be...
    • 5/5
      Wow! Baum totally woke himself up out of the daze he'd been in for a couple of books and comes up with an awesome set of villains, some real sense of _stakes_ (not since "Ozma" had he really gone for that), this great country mouse/city mouse stuff with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry IN OZ, and even a cool quasi-ending to the series...though of course we know that wouldn't last.
    • 5/5
      A wonderful book that brings Dorothy to OZ for good. I love it.
    • 3/5
      Even though the plot is dull, at least it has a plot. I tired of the endless journey through fairy country, meeting new and odd people, especially after having finished ["Road to Oz"] immediately prior. Although one never believes the Nome king and allies pose much of a real threat, that is one of the beauties of a fairy country: no one is never in any real danger. This book also seems much more philosophical than many of the other Oz books as much ado is made about the fact that people in Oz don't have money and everyone just works for the good of everyone else because it pleases them to do so, and those who are tiresome are sent to live in cities made up of other people who are equally tiresome in the same manner. This is a sound philosophy, which, unfortunately only works in fairy countries.
    • 4/5
      Another overall good story about Oz. Having Aunt Em and Uncle Henry invited to this fairy land breaks the wall of make believe that was previously in place. We never knew if Dorothy was really having these adventures or if it was all her imagination. This book shatters the possibility that Oz is made up (in Baum's cannon) and I don't know how I feel about that.Maybe it was just me but I got bored in the middle when Dorothy and crew meet 3-4 new Oz species and then goes back to where she started for the conclusion - it's very formulaic when you read the stories back to back. So I skimmed the first page of every chapter but ultimately skipped to the end. I get the feeling that Baum was a little tired of Oz at this point, and it seemed he wanted to shut Oz off from the rest of the world as he did in this story.
    • 4/5
      This marks the return of the Nome King as villain, seeking revenge on Dorothy who defeated him and got his magic belt in Ozma of Oz. This time Dorothy and others are traveling around Oz while the king is plotting his invasion, which ultimately is defeated.
    • 5/5
      This, in my opinion, was the last of the REALLY great, *must read* Oz books. The rest of them were cute, but nothing nearly as revolutionary. This book contains a really great tour of Oz, given to Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, who, awesomely enough, are now officially residents of the Land of Oz. I noted that (and this is found in all of the Oz books) many things are mentioned, places are visited, people are met, and none of them actually contribute to the plot. This is one of the best and the worst things about the books. It certainly provides all the charm and imagination, but also loses some great plot that could exist, and doesn't really. In this one, the plot could have been more focused on the Nome King and his invasion, but that ended up really rushed. The ingenious solution to end the invasion was great to read about, but ultimately, led to the end of "communication" with Dorothy & the gang. This won't be the last we hear of Oz, but it was indeed the last (minus a few VERY minor mentions) we did hear of Dorothy and many of the characters we have really grown to love. It was a clever way to end the series on Baum's part, but still a very bittersweet moment. Rating: 4.5/5
    • 4/5
      The Emerald City of Oz
      Land of Oz Series #6
      By Lyman Frank Baum

      Nome King is angry he has lost the Magic Belt, and thinks Dorothy and Ozma stole it and left it in the Capitol City of Land of Oz, Emerald City. Nonme wants to destroy the Land of Oz and enslave Princess Ozma and Dorothy to get belt back.
      Emerald City is built of huge marbles, with emeralds inside. Everything on the street must be green.
      To help him get the belt, Nome enlists such wicked creatures as
      First and Foremost, who have a hairy body and a bear head.
      Phanfasms of Phantastico, and the Growleywogs. You will meet Kalidah who has the body of a bear and head of a tiger, and the Cutterclips, the live paperdolls and Hammerheads.
      Billina the yellow hen, Jack Pumpkinhead, Omby Andy all reappear.
      Ozma brings Dorothy's Aunt Em and Uncle Henry from Kansas to Oz and sends them on a tour through the cities of Bunbury, where everything and everyone is made of bread or pastry; Bunnybury inhabited by rabbits and Utensia, where all inhabitants are cutlery or utensils.
      Scarecrows plan save Oz.
    • 4/5
      I loved this as I have enjoyed all the oz books, ever since I was a child, it was very well written and illastrated, and easy to imagine, so I enjoyed reading it, and getting to know the characters, and imagine myself in emerald city. I would reccomend it to anyone
    • 4/5
      I was right in that sometimes you have to get past a certain book or phase of an author because this book had most of that charming sparkle that Oz has had for me for years. This book is about the Nome King trying to come invade Oz, which is interesting. I found how they take care of him to be one of the most fantastical things that I have read in regards to children's fantasy works. I rather enjoyed it. He still has some of that twinge of not being totally respectful towards people that are different, but it was less in this book than the others before it.

      It was very apparent by this book that Baum was having enough of telling Oz books, which we can grasp rather quickly from the way it ends. It was funny though that he wrote 8 more oz books after this. It will be interesting how he got to that place where he could write them after all.