Tik-Tok of Oz

Author

L. Frank Baum

Publication

6/19/1914

Overview

Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum follows Queen Ann Soforth of Oogaboo as her small army sets out for conquest and becomes tangled in a larger adventure involving the Shaggy Man, Betsy Bobbin, and the mechanical Tik-Tok. The travelers cross strange lands and confront the Nome King in a story full of comic reversals. Baum uses the quest structure to play with ambition, loyalty, and the absurdity of power pursued without wisdom.

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Content

Preface
To My Readers
Chapter One Anne's Army
Chapter Two Out of Oogaboo
Chapter Three Magic Mystifies the Marchers
Chapter Four Betsy Braves the Billows
Chapter Five The Roses Repulse the Refugees
Chapter Six Shaggy Seeks his Stray Brother
Chapter Seven Polychrome's Pitiful Plight
Chapter Eight Tik-Tok Tackles a Tough Task
Chapter Nine Ruggedo's Rage is Rash and Reckless
Chapter Ten A Terrible Tumble Through a Tube
Chapter Eleven The Famous Fellowship of Fairies
Chapter Twelve The Lovely Lady of Light
Chapter Thirteen The Jinjin's Just Judgment
Chapter Fourteen The Long-Eared Hearer Learns by Listening
Chapter Fifteen The Dragon Defies Danger
Chapter Sixteen The Naughty Nome
Chapter Seventeen A Tragic Transformation
Chapter Eighteen A Clever Conquest
Chapter Nineteen King Kaliko
Chapter Twenty Quox Quietly Quits
Chapter Twenty-One A Bashful Brother
Chapter Twenty-Two Kindly Kisses
Chapter Twenty-Three Ruggedo Reforms
Chapter Twenty-Four Dorothy is Delighted
Chapter Twenty-Five The Land of Love