Wicked (novel)

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Wicked is a fantasy novel by Gregory Maguire that reimagines the Land of Oz from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the West, exploring themes of morality, politics, and destiny.

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 2

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptationType stage musical ⓘ
author Gregory Maguire NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Oz book series NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor L. Frank Baum NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
explores political corruption in Oz ⓘ
the nature of evil ⓘ
the relativity of good and evil ⓘ
followedBy Son of a Witch NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre fantasy ⓘ
political fantasy ⓘ
revisionist fantasy ⓘ
hasAdaptation Wicked (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Doctor Dillamond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elphaba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fiyero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glinda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madame Morrible NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nessarose NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Wizard of Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm third-person narrative ⓘ
narrativePerspective Wicked Witch of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfSeries The Wicked Years NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonist Elphaba NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1995 ⓘ
publisher HarperCollins NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisherImprint ReganBooks NERFINISHED ⓘ
reimagines Wicked Witch of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ
events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ
seriesOrder 1 ⓘ
setting Emerald City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Land of Oz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Munchkinland NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme destiny ⓘ
good and evil ⓘ
identity ⓘ
morality ⓘ
oppression ⓘ
otherness ⓘ
politics ⓘ
power ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ

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Yellow Brick Road → relatedWork → Wicked (novel) ⓘ
Wicked (musical) → basedOn → Wicked (novel) ⓘ
subject surface form: Wicked
this entity surface form: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Wicked Witch of the East → appearsIn → Wicked (novel) ⓘ
Wicked Witch of the East → hasAdaptation → Wicked (novel) ⓘ
Popular → basedOnSourceMaterial → Wicked (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West