Wicked (book)

Wicked is a book by Gregory Maguire. It’s an origin story for the Wicked Witch of the West.^[1]

A Pastor named Thropp is married and his wife gets drugged and raped by The Wizard of Oz while Pastor Thropp is beaten up by a mob. Thropp's wife gives birth to a daughter named Elphaba who is born green. Thropp then cheats on his wife with a man, who also has sex with her, and she gives birth to a daughter named Nessarose who is born disabled. Elphaba is allergic to water and goes to school with Glinda. Their teacher Madam Morrible wants them to help her but they don't. Morrible also has their other teacher Dr. Dillamund murdered for being an Anthropomorphic goat. Elphaba and Glinda go to the Wizard for help but find out he's a Dictator who wants to kill all the talking animals so Elphaba decides she should violently overthrow the Wizard. Then Elphaba's friend Fiyero cheats on his wife with her so the Wizard has Fiyero and his entire family killed. Elphaba wakes up seven years later, in a Convent with a seven year old boy she thinks is her son and moves to the West where the boy is bullied. Elphaba finds out that her sister Nessarose rules the East and Elphaba supports her so Nessarose says she'll let Elphaba have her silver shoes when she dies. Nessarose also curses a wood-chopper's axe so that it cuts off all his limbs and he has to replace them with Tin. Elphaba finds out the Wizard is her father so she decides to kill Madam Morrible but finds out that Morrible already died. Elphaba takes credit for killing her. When Dorothy Gale comes to Oz, she mistakes Elphaba's animals for enemies so her friends kill them. Elphaba also tries to prove that Dorothy's friend The Scarecrow is actually Fiyero but he's not. Dorothy realises that Elphaba isn't evil just misunderstood so she refuses to kill her. Then Elphaba sets herself on fire so Dorothy throws water at her and accidentally kills her.

The book inspired the musical Wicked.

1. ↑ Maguire, Gregory; Smith, Douglas (2007). Wicked: the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West ; a novel. Wicked years (1. Harper paperback printing ed.). New York: Harper. ISBN 978-0-06-135096-2.