Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

novel by Maguire

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Maguire’s first adult novel, became a best seller and was adapted into a record-setting hit musical, Wicked (2003).
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source material for the musical “Wicked”

In Wicked
…on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the musical largely takes place before the events surrounding Dorothy’s arrival in the Land of Oz. The show follows the lives of green-skinned, ostracized Elphaba and blonde, popular Galinda as they go from…
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