The books may have been published before, but not in this form, which I hope you find enjoyable to read and print. The site was something I would never have thought to look for but as I’ve seen it now it has been a wee surprise. I work offshore on a pipe-laying vessel and spend six weeks at a time at sea, now I have a little library of works to read that I bear meat near me off and use in my off shift.
The other guys on-board are using it too and it’s thanks to yourself we’ve got some interesting reading. A group of scientists use their drilling machine to get down into the hollow space at the earth’s center. They find life forms which have survived for millions of years. Not to be confused with Jules Verne’s “A Journey to the Center of the Earth”.
The story of a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole, and into adventure with the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Mad Hatter, and the Cheshire Cat. Lewis Carroll was the pseudonym of Rev. 1749-1832, German poet, novelist and scientist, author of Faust, and leading figure of the Sturm und Drang movement. A hugely entertaining chronicle of English life and trivia in its Victorian heyday. German philosopher of late 19th century, challenged foundations of traditional morality with his questioning of doctrines.
Famous for his statement that “God is dead! American writer, humorist, and journalist, most famous for his stories of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian, whose science-fiction stories have been filmed many times. All the classic literature featured on this site, as well as illustrations within the book pages, are in the public domain.
Other texts are Creative Commons licensed by Authorama. This site has been created by Philipp Lenssen. For characters that were created after L. This is a list of characters in the original Oz books by American author L. The majority of characters listed here unless noted otherwise have appeared in multiple books under various plotlines.
Oz is made up of four divisions that surround the Emerald City in the center. Aside from the immigrant humans and Dorothy’s and Betsy’s pets, the characters here are each listed under what division they are most associated with in the storyline or storylines. Aunt Em and Uncle Henry appear in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. They are Dorothy Gale’s guardian aunt and uncle.
They live a joyless and gray life on a small farm on the prairies of Kansas. Betsy Bobbin is a fictional character in L. Later appearances depicted her as brunette or with auburn hair. In the book series Betsy arrives to Oz from Oklahoma with a mule named Hank, and she is shown as a constant companion of both Dorothy and Trot in the later books. In The Lost Princess of Oz she is said to be one year older than Dorothy Gale. Hank is a mule that is the pet and companion of Betsy Bobbin. 1909 book The Road to Oz.
