The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events) - Hardcover

Snicket, Lemony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062206044 ISBN 13: 9780062206046

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2012

Synopsis

After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.

About this title

Review:

"Written with old-fashioned flair, this fast-paced book is not for the squeamish: the Baudelaire children are truly sympathetic characters who encounter a multitude of distressing situations. Those who enjoy a little poison in their porridge will find it wicked good fun." Kirkus Reviews

From the Back Cover:

Dear Reader,

The book you are holding in your hands is a short-lived edition of a book that will likely make your life shorter as well. The tale of three Baudelaire children, who find themselves thrown into an unhappy situation containing a treacherous villain with an evil scheme and bad manners, becomes more and more dreadful on each page, and everyone so foolhardy as to read it will find themselves weeping and moaning by the end of the book.

This book is offered at an introductory price, but it introduces the reader to such unpleasantries as a disastrous fire, itchy clothing, a baby trapped in a cage, a plot to steal an enormous fortune, and dusty curtains.

I made a solemn promise to write down these wretched tales, but you have no such promise, and if I were you I would put down a book this terrible, no matter how reasonably priced.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062206044
• ISBN 13: 9780062206046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 162
• Illustrator: Helquist Brett