Glinda the Good Witch viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace. Glinda the Good Witch Glinda, also known as the Good Witch of the South, is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum in his "Oz" novels. She first appears in Baum's classic children's novel, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900), and is the most powerful sorceress in the Land of Oz, ruler of the Quadling Country south of the Emerald City, and protector of Princess Ozma. Baum's 1900 children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" refers to Glinda as the
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz total of 10,000 copies, which quickly sold out. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" sold three million copies by the time it entered the public domain in 1956. The book was published by George M. Hill Company. Its first edition had a printing of 10,000 copies and was sold in advance of the publication date of September 1, 1900. On May 17, 1900, the first copy of the book came off the press; Baum assembled it by hand and presented it to his sister Mary Louise Baum Brewster. The public saw the book for the first time at a book fair