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Glinda of Oz

by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

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  1. 01Front matter~2 min
  2. 02Chapter One~20 min
  3. 03Chapter Two~14 min
  4. 04Chapter Three~4 min
  5. 05Chapter Four~8 min
  6. 06Chapter Five~11 min
  7. 07Chapter Six~15 min
  8. 08Chapter Seven~6 min
  9. 09Chapter Eight~12 min
  10. 10Chapter Nine~12 min
  11. 11Chapter Ten — part 1~25 min
  12. 12Chapter Ten — part 2~25 min
  13. 13Chapter Ten — part 3~25 min
  14. 14Chapter Ten — part 4~25 min
  15. 15Chapter Ten — part 5~25 min
  16. 16Chapter Ten — part 6~25 min

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The Call to Duty Glinda, the good Sorceress of Oz, sat in the grand court of her palace, surrounded by her maids of honor--a hundred of the most beautiful girls of the Fairyland of Oz. The palace court was built of rare marbles, exquisitely polished. Fountains tinkled musically here and there; the vast colonnade, open to the south, allowed the maidens, as they raised their heads from their embroideries, to gaze upon a vista of rose-hued fields and groves of trees bearing fruits or laden with sweet-scented flowers. At times one of the girls would start a song, the others joining in the chorus, or one would rise and dance, gracefully swaying to the music of a harp played by a companion. And then Glinda smiled, glad to see her maids mixing play with work.

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