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Волшебник Изумрудного города #1-2
Волшебник Изумрудного города. Урфин Джюс и его деревянные солдаты
В книгу вошли сказочные повести знаменитого советского сказочника Александра Волкова о приключениях девочки Элли, соломенного человечка Страшилы, Железного Дровосека и Трусливого Льва в Волшебной стране: "Волшебник Изумрудного города" и "Урфин Джюс и его деревянные солдаты". Избежать опасностей и добиться исполнения своих заветных желаний героям помогают дружба и взаимная выручка. Книга богато иллюстрирована полноцветными рисунками известного художника Л.Владимирского.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1963
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About the author
Alexander Volkov
34 books34 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Alexander Volkov (Александр Волков) wrote several historical novels, but is mostly remembered for a series of children's books based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
The first of these books, The Wizard of the Emerald City, is a loose translation of the first Oz book, with chapters added, altered, or omitted, some names changed (for example, Dorothy becomes "Ellie" and Oz is renamed "Magic Land"), and several characters given personal names instead of generic ones.
First published in 1939 in the Soviet Union, the book became quite popular; and in the 1960s Volkov also wrote his own sequels to the story. From 1963 to 1970, four more books in the series were published, with the sixth and final story published posthumously in 1982.
Associated Names:
Александр Волков - Russian
Alexander Wolkow - German
Alexander Volkov (Александр Волков) wrote several historical novels, but is mostly remembered for a series of children's books based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
The first of these books, The Wizard of the Emerald City, is a loose translation of the first Oz book, with chapters added, altered, or omitted, some names changed (for example, Dorothy becomes "Ellie" and Oz is renamed "Magic Land"), and several characters given personal names instead of generic ones.
First published in 1939 in the Soviet Union, the book became quite popular; and in the 1960s Volkov also wrote his own sequels to the story. From 1963 to 1970, four more books in the series were published, with the sixth and final story published posthumously in 1982.
Associated Names:
Александр Волков - Russian
Alexander Wolkow - German
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October 22, 2021
Amazing and the most favourite book of my childhood!
The characters are so amazing and lovely, dare to say more vivid than in Frank Baum's book. Sorry for the honesty but I feel so.
I would like to reread it again. Elly is so lovely as Lion and many others.
The best. Still have good memories about that!
The characters are so amazing and lovely, dare to say more vivid than in Frank Baum's book. Sorry for the honesty but I feel so.
I would like to reread it again. Elly is so lovely as Lion and many others.
The best. Still have good memories about that!
November 30, 2008
This series of book was the first one which got me aquainted with fantasy and science-fiction. That's how I've got stuck with it.
March 21, 2015
My mum used to read this book and the sequels to me and I fell in love with this world, the magic and the friendship long long before I ever heard of Baum.
I've since read Baum's Oz, but it never reached me quite in the same way.
Awesome book ;)
and only the first is really a re-telling of Baum's story.
I've since read Baum's Oz, but it never reached me quite in the same way.
Awesome book ;)
and only the first is really a re-telling of Baum's story.
January 1, 2016
Wizard is good; I missed the China Country but I did enjoy the additional characterization. Baum's Land of Oz is my favorite Oz book, but Urfin Jus was also a fine sequel, with a more satisfyïng plot than any but the first three of Baum's Oz books.
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