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1900年，《綠野仙蹤》（The Wonderful Wizard of Oz）在芝加哥出版問世，獲得廣大迴響。兩年後，被改編成百老匯舞台劇，亦大獲成功。作家鮑姆（L. Frank Baum, 1856–1919）遂於隔年開始陸續出版續作，在二十年間，一共創作了十四本系列故事。鮑姆辭世之後，由女作家Ruth P. Thompson接棒創作，另外也有其他作家的個別創作，於是講述奧茲國故事的創作，至少多達四十餘本。
《綠野仙蹤》被翻譯成各種語言，廣被改編成舞台劇、電影、動畫等。作者秉持著寫作「現代童話」的信念，希望降低童話故事的道德意味，給予孩子們歡樂時光與趣味的想像。因此創作出這本充滿想像力、情節詼諧卻不失純真的幻想故事。跟著桃樂絲一起冒險，與腦袋只有草的稻草人、沒有心的錫人、膽小怯懦的獅子邂逅，學習如何在困境與艱難中，堅持自己的夢想，最後面對自己的缺陷，尋回內心遺失的一角。
本書為《綠野仙蹤》的完整故事版本，採用英漢雙語編排，並穿插原著彩色插圖，不論是文學欣賞或是英語閱讀，都是最佳讀本。
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, later known as The Wizard of Oz, is one of the most famous modern American children’s novels. It tells the story of Dorothy, who is carried by a cyclone to the land of Oz. There, she is befriended by the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion.
In an introduction to this novel, the author points out the spirit of this modern fairy tale: "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out."
作者簡介
李曼•法蘭克•鮑姆（L. Frank Baum, 1856–1919）
鮑姆是美國作家，也是一位演員、報紙編輯，並曾任獨立電影的監製。
第一本童話著作是《鵝媽媽故事集》（Mother Goose in Prose），三年後出版了《綠野仙蹤》（The Wonderful Wizard of Oz），這本書讓他揚名立萬，之後又陸續創作了14本奧茲國系列作品，一生約創作了約50本著作。
包姆又被譽為當代童書世界的安徒生和格林兄弟，正如他在自序中所言，他要創造的是一個沒有以血腥恐怖傳達教化意味、只有歡笑愉悅的世界。
他曾說：「我的書，是為那些有年輕心靈的人們而寫，不論他們的實際年齡為何。」而我們也看到，他的故事是如何在世界各地為人所喜愛、所傳頌著。
Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American journalist and writer. After the success of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, Baum wrote 13 more Oz books, and the series was continued by another writer after his death.
Chapter 1 The Cyclone
Chapter 2 The Council with the Munchkins
Chapter 3 How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
Chapter 4 The Road Through the Forest
Chapter 5 The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
Chapter 6 The Cowardly Lion
Chapter 7 The Journey to the Great Oz
Chapter 8 The Deadly Poppy Field
Chapter 9 The Queen of the Field Mice
Chapter 10 The Guardian of the Gate
Chapter 11 The Wonderful City of Oz
Chapter 12 The Search for the Wicked Witch
Chapter 13 The Rescue
Chapter 14 The Winged Monkeys
Chapter 15 The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
Chapter 16 The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
Chapter 17 How the Balloon Was Launched
Chapter 18 Away to the South
Chapter 19 Attacked by the Fighting Trees
Chapter 20 The Dainty China Country
Chapter 21 The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
Chapter 22 The Country of the Quadlings
Chapter 23 Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
Chapter 24 Home Again
