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The bad beginning

Snicket, LemonyHelquist, Brett(Illustrated by)
Part of the A Series of Unfortunate Events series
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Be warned – to commiserate 25 years of misfortune and gloom, Lemony Snicket’s publishers have taken the untold risk of creating brand new collectors’ editions of A Series of Unfortunate Events, illustrated by the obscenely talented Emily Gravett.

The temptation to buy a copy is severe indeed… Dear reader, You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read.

But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution… Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children.

They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features.

Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. In The Bad Beginning, the siblings encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune and cold porridge for breakfast. In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Despite their wretched contents, ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ has sold 60 million copies worldwide and been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey and massively popular Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris. Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End

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Published 25/04/2024
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Farshore
0008648492 / 9780008648497
Paperback / softback
813.6
25/04/2024
United Kingdom
English
192 pages : illustrations
20 cm
Quiz No: 204459, Points 4.00, Book Level 6.40,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 1999.