The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Here is a link to the full text of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900 as a children's book. The book is also considered by some to be an allegory for the political and social conditions of American society during the late 19th century. Henry M. Littlefield wrote an article entitled "The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism" to investigate into this accusations of a subtext to Baum's novel. It is interesting to see such a popular and well-know story in a different and darker light.