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Imaginary places

Here are entered works on imaginary places created for literary or artistic purposes. Works on legendary or mythical places are entered under Geographical myths.

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Filed under: Imaginary places

Imagined States: Nationalism, Utopia, and Longing in Oral Cultures (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, c2001), ed. by Luisa Del Giudice and Gerald Porter
- PDF with commentary at usu.edu
- page images at HathiTrust

Filed under: Imaginary places -- Drama

Isola, or, The Disinherited: A Revolt for Woman and All the Disinherited (London: Leadenhall Press; New York: C. Scribner's Sons, ca. 1902), by Florence Dixie, contrib. by George Jacob Holyoake
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- multiple formats at Google; US access only

Filed under: Imaginary places -- Europe, Eastern -- Fiction

East of the Setting Sun: A Story of Graustark (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1924), by George Barr McCutcheon (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Imaginary places -- Fiction

Warbreaker (free online edition, c2009), by Brandon Sanderson (HTML with commentary at brandonsanderson.com)
ODTAA: A Novel (London: W. Heinemann, 1926), by John Masefield (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Blind Spot, by Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint, contrib. by Forrest J. Ackerman (Gutenberg text)
Graustark (New York: American News Co., c1901), by George Barr McCutcheon (HTML and page images at Indiana)
Graustark, by George Barr McCutcheon (Gutenberg text)
Minos of Sardanes (c1916), by Charles B. Stilson (Gutenberg text)
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1909), by George Barr McCutcheon, illust. by Harrison Fisher
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- multiple formats at archive.org
The Impregnable City: A Romance (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1898), by Max Pemberton (multiple formats at archive.org)

Filed under: Barchester (England : Imaginary place) -- Fiction

Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope (Gutenberg text and audio reading)

Filed under: Barsetshire (England : Imaginary place) -- Fiction

Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope (Gutenberg text and audio reading)
Doctor Thorne, by Anthony Trollope (Gutenberg text)
Framley Parsonage, by Anthony Trollope, illust. by John Everett Millais (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Last Chronicle of Barset, by Anthony Trollope, illust. by George Housman Thomas (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Small House at Allington, by Anthony Trollope, illust. by John Everett Millais (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Small House at Allington (2 volumes; London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1864), by Anthony Trollope, illust. by John Everett Millais (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
The Warden, by Anthony Trollope (Gutenberg text and audio reading)

Filed under: Blandings Castle (England : Imaginary place) -- Fiction

Fish Preferred (New York: A. L. Burt Co., c1929), by P. G. Wodehouse (Gutenberg text)
Leave it to Psmith (London: Herbert Jenkins, c1923), by P. G. Wodehouse
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- multiple formats at archive.org

Filed under: Fairyland (Imaginary place) -- Fiction

A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That "Uncle Paul" Wrote), by Algernon Blackwood (Gutenberg text)

Filed under: Shangri-La (Imaginary place) -- Fiction

Lost Horizon (c1933), by James Hilton (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)

Filed under: Imaginary places -- Juvenile drama

The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Five Acts, by Maurice Maeterlinck, trans. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
- PDF at astorialand.com
- Gutenberg text
The Blue Bird; A Fairy Play in Six Acts (Act IV added in 1910; New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1920), by Maurice Maeterlinck, trans. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (page images at HathiTrust)
L'Oiseau Bleu: Féerie en Six Actes et Douze Tableaux (in French; Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1911), by Maurice Maeterlinck (Gutenberg text)

Filed under: Imaginary places -- Juvenile fiction

Sky Island: Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill After Their Visit to the Sea Fairies (Chicago: Reill and Lee Co., c1912), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio reading)
Hollow Tree Nights and Days: Being a Continuation of the Stories About the Hollow Tree and Deep Woods People (New York and London: Harper and Bros., c1916), by Albert Bigelow Paine, illust. by J. M. Condé (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Ladder of Rickety Rungs (Chicago et al.: P. V. Volland Co., c1923), by Thomas C. O'Donnell, illust. by Janet Laura Scott
- page images at HathiTrust
- page images at childrensbooksonline.org
The Story of Dolly and Dan and the Dimpledees (Rochester, NY: Stecher Litho. Co., 1916), by H. Brooke Levering (page images at childrensbooksonline.org)
Animal Land, Where There Are No People (second edition; London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1897), by Sybil Corbet and Katharine Corbet, contrib. by Andrew Lang (page images at ufl.edu)
As the Goose Flies (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., c1901), by Katharine Pyle (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Filed under: Fairyland (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction

All the Way to Fairyland: Fairy Stories (London and New York: John Lane, 1898), by Evelyn Sharp, illust. by Mabel Dearmer (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

Filed under: Narnia (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction

Filed under: Oz (Imaginary place) -- Juvenile fiction

The Shaggy Man of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1949), by Jack Snow, illust. by Frank Kramer (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML, and Librivox audio)
The Magical Mimics in Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1946), by Jack Snow, illust. by Frank Kramer (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML, and Librivox audio)
Handy Mandy in Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1937), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Captain Salt in Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1936), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Wishing Horse of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1935), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text)
The Wizard of Oz Waddle Book (New York: Blue Ribbon Books, c1934), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by W. W. Denslow
- page images at HathiTrust; no cardboard cutout pages
- blog post with 4 of the 6 cardboard cutouts, from another edition
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (Chicago and New York: Reilly and Lee Co., c1929), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Giant Horse of Oz (Chicago and New York: Reilly and Lee Co., c1928), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text)
The Gnome King of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1927), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Hungry Tiger of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1926), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Cowardly Lion of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1923), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML, and LibriVox audio reading
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (New York: Books of Wonder, c1908), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, page images, and audio)
The Emerald City of Oz (Chicago: Reille and Lee Co., c1910), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio reading)
Glinda of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Grampa in Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1924), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Kabumpo in Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1922), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML, and Librivox audio
- multiple formats at archive.org
La Mirinda Sorĉisto de Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in Esperanto), by L. Frank Baum, trans. by Donald Broadribb (Gutenberg text)
The Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1904), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Lost King of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1925), by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Lost Princess of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1917), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, page images, and audio)
The Magic of Oz (Chicago et al.: Rand McNally and Co., c1919), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
The Magic of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1919), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML, and Librivox audio
- multiple formats at archive.org
The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
- Gutenberg text and audio
- HTML at CMU
The Marvelous Land of Oz (Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1904), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (illustrated HTML at Virginia)
Ozma of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1907), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1913), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill
- Gutenberg text and color illustrated HTML
- with color cover and black and white interior: multiple formats at archive.org
- black and white page images at HathiTrust
Rinkitink in Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1916), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill
- Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML (with some color), and page images
- with color cover: multiple formats at archive.org
- with color cover: page images at HathiTrust
The Road to Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Britten Co., c1909), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, page images, and audio)
The Road to Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1909), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
The Royal Book of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1921), by Ruth Plumly Thompson and L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML, and Librivox audio
- page images at HathiTrust
The Scarecrow of Oz (unillustrated), by L. Frank Baum (Gutenberg text)
The Scarecrow of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1915), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- illustrated HTML at kellscraft.com
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
The Silver Princess in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Tik-Tok of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., c1914), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill
- Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio reading
- multiple formats at archive.org
Tik-Tok of Oz (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1914), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
The Tin Woodman of Oz: A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, Assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter (Chicago: Reilly and Britton Co., c1918), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML, and Librivox audio)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
- Gutenberg text and audio
- HTML at CMU
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chicago and New York: G. M. Hill Co., 1900), by L. Frank Baum, illust. by W. W. Denslow
- illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com
- multiple formats at archive.org
- Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
- page images at HathiTrust; US access only
Little Wizard Stories of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, illust. by John R. Neill (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, page images, and audio)

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