Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Gregory Maguire

Harper Collins, Sep 29, 2009 - Fiction - 432 pages

When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious Witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked?

Gregory Maguire has created a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the same way again.

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User Review  - Ghost_Boy - LibraryThing

I feel like most people who gave this book a low rating never fully read the original books by Baum. If you read the original books (and not just the first) and read more about Baum's life the Wicked ...

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User Review  - librisissimo - LibraryThing

I was not interested in the story, but it's well-written and appeals to many people, including my children (mostly because of the musical play, not because they read the book). The revisionist version ...

Contents

• The Root of Evil: 6
• Maladies and Remedies: 22
• The Quadling Glassblower: 32
• Childs Play: 45
• Darkness Abroad: 52
• Galinda: 64
• The Charmed Circle: 130

About the author

Gregory Maguire's bestselling novels include Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and the first three books of the Wicked Years: Wicked, the basis for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men. Maguire lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West; Volume one in the Wicked years; Book 1 of Wicked Years, Gregory Maguire
• Author: Gregory Maguire
• Edition: reprint, reissue
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2009
• ISBN: 0061862312, 9780061862311
• Length: 432 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General