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portada The Master Key
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
80
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Weight
0.12 kg.
ISBN13
9781720692041

The Master Key

Baum Lyman Frank (Author) · Createspace · Paperback

The Master Key - Baum Lyman Frank

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R 276
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Synopsis "The Master Key"

The protagonist is a boy named Rob Joslyn. His age is not specified. Baum dedicated the book "To My Son, Robert Stanton Baum," who was born in 1886 and would thus have been about fifteen at the time it was published. Rob is an electrical experimenter whose father encourages him and sees that he "never lacked batteries, motors or supplies of any sort." A "net-work[sic] of wires soon ran throughout the house". He loses track of the elaborately interconnected wires, and trying to get a cardboard house to light up, he "experimented in a rather haphazard fashion, connecting this and that wire blindly and by guesswork, in the hope that he would strike the right combination." There is a bright flash, and a being who calls himself the Demon of Electricity appears. He tells Rob that he has accidentally "touched the Master Key of Electricity" and is entitled "to demand from me three gifts each week for three successive weeks." Rob protests that he does not know what to ask for, and the Demon agrees to select the gifts himself. Over the next two weeks, Rob experiences adventures exploring the use of the Demon's gifts, but eventually concludes that neither he nor the world is ready for them. On the third week, Rob rejects the Demon's gifts and tells him to bide his time until humankind knows how to use them. The Demon leaves. With a light heart, Rob concludes that he made the right decision.
Baum Lyman Frank
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Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919), más conocido como L. Frank Baum, fue un escritor estadounidense célebre por crear el universo fantástico de El maravilloso mago de Oz. Aunque no fue autor de cómics en el sentido moderno, su obra ha inspirado innumerables adaptaciones en historietas, cine y otros medios. Baum comenzó su carrera en el periodismo y el teatro, pero alcanzó el éxito literario con la publicación de The Wonderful Wizard of Oz en 1900.

Este libro, ilustrado por W. W. Denslow, se convirtió rápidamente en un clásico de la literatura infantil. La historia de Dorothy y sus aventuras en la tierra de Oz dio lugar a una serie de más de una docena de libros escritos por Baum, en los que expandió ese mundo mágico con nuevos personajes y escenarios.

Su estilo se caracteriza por la imaginación desbordante, el humor y una narrativa accesible para jóvenes lectores, aunque también contiene lecturas simbólicas más profundas. Baum fue pionero en la creación de mundos fantásticos coherentes, lo que influyó en generaciones posteriores de escritores y creadores.

Además de Oz, escribió otras obras bajo distintos seudónimos, abarcando géneros como la fantasía, el teatro y la narrativa juvenil. Su legado perdura como una de las bases de la fantasía moderna y la cultura popular.
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