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The Flying Girl

The Flying Girl

The Flying Girl is a novel written by L. Frank Baum, author of the Oz books. It was first published in 1911. In the book, Baum pursued an innovative blending of genres to create a feminist adventure melodrama. The book was followed by a sequel, The Flying Girl and Her Chum, published the next year, 1912. Both books were illustrated by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens, the artist who also illustrated Baum's Annabel and Phoebe Daring in 1912.


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“To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem him.”

The Flying Girl (1911)
Novels published under the pseudonym Edith van Dyne

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