Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel
Title
:
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel
Personal Author EPSB
:
Gregory. Maguire
Summary
:
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender.
Year Published
:
2024,
1995
Physical Description
:
538 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents
:
Prologue : on the Yellow Brick Road -- I. Munchkinlanders -- The root of evil -- The clock of the time dragon -- The birth of a witch -- Maladies and remedies -- The quadling glassblower - Geographies of the seen and the unseen -- Child's play -- Darkness abroad -- II. Gillikin -- Galinda -- Bog -- The charmed circle -- III. The city of emeralds -- IV. In the Vinkus -- The voyage out -- The Jasper Gates of Kiamo Ko -- Uprising -- V. The murder and its afterlife.
Subject
:
Oz (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.
Witches -- Fiction.
Good and evil -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Fantasy fiction.
Summary
:
A fable for adults on the subject of destiny and free will by a writer of children's books. It tells the story of Elphaba before she became the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. The novel traces her career as nun, nurse, pro-democracy activist and animal rights defender.
ISBN
:
9780061350962
9780063398344
9780060391447
9780060987107
9780062852847
Publisher
:
New York : Harper, [2007].
New York : William Morrow Paperbacks, 2024.
New York : ReganBooks, 1995.
New York : ReganBooks, 2000.
©1995
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Bessie Nichols | F MAG | Book | 31577000342915 | Fiction |