Волшебник Изумрудного города Series by Alexander Volkov, Александр Волков

Ellie and her faithful dog Totoshka's adventures aren't over yet! Many magical events await them, along with dangerous challenges, evil enemies and, of course, loyal and true friends. An entire world of wondrous adventures is conjured up by Alexander Volkov in his series, "The Wizard of Emerald City," published by Exmo Press... moreEllie and her faithful dog Totoshka's adventures aren't over yet! Many magical events await them, along with dangerous challenges, evil enemies and, of course, loyal and true friends. An entire world of wondrous adventures is conjured up by Alexander Volkov in his series, "The Wizard of Emerald City," published by Exmo Press. The series includes, "Urfin Jus and His Wooden Soldiers," "The Seven Underground Kings," "The Fiery God of the Marrans," "The Yellow Fog" and "The Mystery of the Abandoned Castle." In Russian. less

This book contains translations into English of the first two Oz-inspired "Magic Land" novels by Russian author Alexander Volkov. In the first story, Ellie, a little girl from Kansas, is blown by a tornado to Magic Land, where she learns that the best things in the world are friendship and mutual assistance. In the second story, Ellie returns to Magic Land to fight an evil ruler... moreThis book contains translations into English of the first two Oz-inspired "Magic Land" novels by Russian author Alexander Volkov. In the first story, Ellie, a little girl from Kansas, is blown by a tornado to Magic Land, where she learns that the best things in the world are friendship and mutual assistance. In the second story, Ellie returns to Magic Land to fight an evil ruler. New edition contains revised Afterword, an article comparing the 1939 and 1959 versions of WIZARD, and a select bibliography of Volkov's other works. less

Volkov continued his Oz/Magic Land series with [SEVEN UNDER-GROUND KINGS], which many consider the best of his original stories. At the start of this book, Volkov relates the beginning of the Magic Land, how a great giant magician named Hurricap created a country in which all the animals could speak and surrounded it with a deadly desert and encircling mountains. This book takes place chiefly in a breakaway underground kingdom below Munchkin Land... moreVolkov continued his Oz/Magic Land series with [SEVEN UNDER-GROUND KINGS], which many consider the best of his original stories. At the start of this book, Volkov relates the beginning of the Magic Land, how a great giant magician named Hurricap created a country in which all the animals could speak and surrounded it with a deadly desert and encircling mountains. This book takes place chiefly in a breakaway underground kingdom below Munchkin Land. At one point in the country’s history, it had seven legitimate kings who ruled alternately by months, each with his own set of courtiers and spies. A spring was discovered with soporific water (similar to the water of the Fountain of Oblivion) which put the drinker to sleep, and when the sleeper awoke, he (or she) had no memories of the past. The kings decided that each of them would sleep out the period of the other kings’ rule. Unfortunately the spring of soporific water became damaged, so that all of the kings came to be awake at the same time. Ellie, riding in a boat with her cousin Fred Canning, becomes trapped in the underground country, and the kings insist that she must stay until she uses her fairy magic (she is known as the Fairy of the House that Kills) to restore the spring. She is able to contact Strasheela, who brings some engineers to the underground kingdom; they repair the spring, all of the kings with their courts are put to sleep, but when they awaken, they are told that they are ordinary citizens, and the under-ground country becomes a republic. In the final chapter of this book, Ramina, Queen of the Field Mice, tells Ellie that she will never return to the Magic Land. less

This book contains the third and fourth novels in the Russian Oz-inspired "Magic Land" series. In "The Seven Underground Kings," Ellie and her cousin Fred arrive by accident in the kingdom of the Underground Ore-Diggers at a time of crisis, and help put things right... moreThis book contains the third and fourth novels in the Russian Oz-inspired "Magic Land" series. In "The Seven Underground Kings," Ellie and her cousin Fred arrive by accident in the kingdom of the Underground Ore-Diggers at a time of crisis, and help put things right. In "The Fiery God of the Marrans," villainous Urfin Jus, using an ordinary cigarette lighter, passes himself off as a god to the primitive Marran people, who do not even have fire, and makes them into a powerful military force to use to conquer the Emerald City. less