Rinkitink in Oz (Oz Series Book 10) E-Book

L. Frank Baum

• Herausgeber: Publisher s24148
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

Rinkitink in Oz is the tenth book in the Land of Oz series written by L. Frank Baum. Published on June 20, 1916, with full-color and black-and-white illustrations by artist John R. Neill, it is significant that no one from Oz appears in the book until its climax; this is due to Baum having originally written most of the book as an original fantasy novel over ten years earlier, in 1905. Most of the action takes place on three islands — Pingaree, Regos, and Coregos — and within the Nome King's caverns. Since the original ruler of the nomes, Roquat — who later re-named himself Ruggedo, was deposed in 1914's Tik-Tok of Oz, Baum had to cleverly rework the tale to accommodate his selfish but well-intentioned replacement, Kaliko.

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Rinkitink in Oz

Lyman Frank Baum

 Published by OPU, 2017

Table of Contents

Rinkitink in Oz

Part 1 Introducing this Story

Part 2 Rinkitink in Oz

Chapter 1 The Prince of Pingaree

Chapter 1 The Coming of King Rinkitink

Chapter 2 The Warriors from the North

Chapter 3 The Deserted Island

Chapter 4 The Three Pearls

Chapter 5 The Magic Boat

Chapter 6 The Twin Islands

Chapter 7 Rinkitink Makes a Great Mistake

Chapter 8 A Present for Zella

Chapter 9 The Cunning of Queen Cor

Chapter 10 Zella Goes to Coregos

Chapter 11 The Excitement of Bilbil the Goat

Chapter 12 Zella Saves the Prince

Chapter 13 The Escape

Chapter 14 The Flight of the Rulers

Chapter 15 Nikobob Refuses a Crown

Chapter 16 The Nome King

Chapter 17 Inga Parts With His Pink Pearl

Chapter 18 Rinkitink Chuckles

Chapter 19 Dorothy to the Rescue

Chapter 20 The Wizard Finds an Enchantment

Chapter 21 Ozma's Banquet

Chapter 22 The Pearl Kingdom

Chapter 23 The Captive King

RINKITINK IN OZ

Wherein is recorded the Perilous Quest of

Prince Inga of Pingaree and King

Rinkitink in the Magical

Isles that lie beyond

the Borderland

of Oz

By L. Frank Baum

"Royal Historian of Oz"

Part 1 Introducing this Story

Here is a story with a boy hero, and a boy of whom you have never before heard. There are girls in the story, too, including our old friend Dorothy, and some of the characters wander a good way from the Land of Oz before they all assemble in the Emerald City to take part in Ozma's banquet. Indeed, I think you will find this story quite different from the other histories of Oz, but I hope you will not like it the less on that account.

If I am permitted to write another Oz book it will tell of some thrilling adventures encountered by Dorothy, Betsy Bobbin, Trot and the Patchwork Girl right in the Land of Oz, and how they discovered some amazing creatures that never could have existed outside a fairy-land. I have an idea that about the time you are reading this story of Rinkitink I shall be writing that story of Adventures in Oz.

Don't fail to write me often and give me your advice and suggestions, which I always appreciate. I get a good many letters from my readers, but every one is a joy to me and I answer them as soon as I can find time to do so.

"OZCOT"

at HOLLYWOOD

in CALIFORNIA, 1916.

L. FRANK BAUM

Royal Historian of Oz

Part 2 Rinkitink in Oz

Chapter1 The Prince of Pingaree

If you have a map of the Land of Oz handy, you will find that the great Nonestic Ocean washes the shores of the Kingdom of Rinkitink, between which and the Land of Oz lies a strip of the country of the Nome King and a Sandy Desert. The Kingdom of Rinkitink isn't very big and lies close to the ocean, all the houses and the King's palace being built near the shore. The people live much upon the water, boating and fishing, and the wealth of Rinkitink is gained from trading along the coast and with the islands nearest it.

Four days' journey by boat to the north of Rinkitink is the Island of Pingaree, and as our story begins here I must tell you something about this island. At the north end of Pingaree, where it is widest, the land is a mile from shore to shore, but at the south end it is scarcely half a mile broad; thus, although Pingaree is four miles long, from north to south, it cannot be called a very big island. It is exceedingly pretty, however, and to the gulls who approach it from the sea it must resemble a huge green wedge lying upon the waters, for its grass and trees give it the color of an emerald.

The grass came to the edge of the sloping shores; the beautiful trees occupied all the central portion of Pingaree, forming a continuous grove where the branches met high overhead and there was just space beneath them for the cosy houses of the inhabitants. These houses were scattered everywhere throughout the island, so that there was no town or city, unless the whole island might be called a city. The canopy of leaves, high overhead, formed a shelter from sun and rain, and the dwellers in the grove could all look past the straight tree-trunks and across the grassy slopes to the purple waters of the Nonestic Ocean.