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Silver Shoes
Magical shoes in L. Frank Baum's novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Silver Shoes are the magical shoes that appear in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as heroine Dorothy Gale's transport home. They are originally owned by the Wicked Witch of the East but passed to Dorothy when her house lands on the Witch. At the end of the story, Dorothy uses the shoes to transport herself back to her home in Kansas, but when she arrives at her destination finds the shoes have fallen off en route.
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Land of Oz series of prose fiction element | |
![]() Illustration by W. W. Denslow in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz of Dorothy holding the Shoes | |
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Created by | L. Frank Baum |
Genre | Children's books, fantasy |
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Type | Magical shoes |
Function | Able to send the wearer wherever they wish to go |
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