

He is the author of quite a few books, all dreadful, and has been falsely accused of many crimes, all falsely. A studied expert in rhetorical analysis, Mr Snicket has spent the last several eras researching the travails of the Baudelaire orphans.Lemony Snicket published his first book in 1999 and has not had a good night's sleep since. Until recently, he was living somewhere else. He grew up near the sea and currently lives beneath it. He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot.

Lemony Snicket was born before you were and is likely to die before you as well. ‘Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?’ I have spent the last twenty years writing down these unpleasant details so that they might be available to the general public, but there is nothing stopping the general public, or you, from putting this book down at once and reading something less upsetting, if you prefer that sort of thing.Īre you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures?Īnd what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous and puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about: In this short book alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast. From the very first page of this book, when the children are at the beach and receive terrible news, to the last page, when something goes wrong at the worst possible moment, disaster strikes Violet, Klaus and Sunny wherever they go. The three Baudelaire siblings and their lives of misery and woe have now been responsible for more than two decades of weeping. Now with new anniversary blurb by the mysterious author himself.įor the past twenty years, my books have been upsetting the countless readers who have been foolish enough to begin to read them. Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ has been made into a blockbuster Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey and is also a hit Netflix TV series. Perfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Mr Gum, young readers of 9 to 11 will adore the mischievously dark humour.

This exclusive gold foiled 20th anniversary hardback gift edition commemorates the miserable fact that every child in the world has wanted this brilliantly funny book for twenty years. Lemony Snicket’s The Bad Beginning is the first book in the globally bestselling series A Series of Unfortunate Events.
