Wicked is a darker and more adult-themed revisionist exploration of the characters and setting of the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, its sequels and prequels, and the 1939 film adaptation.

Sep 29, 1995 · Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire and illustrated by Douglas Smith. The novel is a political, social, and ethical commentary on the nature of good and evil and takes place in the Land of Oz, in the years leading to Dorothy's arrival.

Nov 27, 2024 · Decades later, author Gregory Maguire, inspired by the original book and the film, wrote Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. In 2003, Maguire's book was adapted...

Sep 25, 2007 · The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire's breathtaking New York Times bestseller Wicked views the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, through a darker and greener (not rosier) lens.

Wicked: The Life Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is the first novel in Gregory Maguire's The Wicked Years and illustrated by Douglas Smith. It is a revisionist look of the Land of Oz and it's characters from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and the 1939 MGM film, The Wizard of Oz. Unlike the 1939 film and Baum's ...

Gregory Maguire's revisionist take on L. Frank Baum's classic "Oz" books. "Wicked", the first book in the series inspired the acclaimed Broadway musical of the same name. The novels follow the Wicked Witch of the West, her friends, relatives, and enemies, through several decades as they witness some of Oz's most turbulent times.

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995) by Gregory Maguire reimagines the central antagonist of the iconic story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which was published in 1900 by author L. Frank Baum and became central to American popular culture through the 1939 film adaptation starring Judy Garland. Allusions to the ...

This story revolves around the main character of the book- The Wicked Witch of the West. The theme of the book is very draconian and is about one of the most hated fictional characters in literature. Maguire in his book has exhibited the life of a witch who is …

Gregory Maguire has 115 books on Goodreads with 2035908 ratings. Gregory Maguire’s most popular book is Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of...

Aug 25, 2013 · Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire was published in 1995 as a parallel novel to L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It is the first in a series of four known as “The Wicked Years,” which also includes Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men and Out of Oz.