Dear reader There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
but misery and despair. 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 Reptile Room the siblings endure a car accident a terrible smell
a deadly serpent a long knife a brass reading lamp and the re-appearance of a person they'd
hoped never to see again. In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes
an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and 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 in the future things are
poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series directed by Barry
Sonnenfeld. You have been warned. 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 And 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: 'Who Could That Be at This Hour?'
'When Did you Last See Her?' 'Shouldn't You Be in School?' 'Why is This Night Different from
All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were and is likely to die before you as
well. He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot. He
grew up near the sea and currently lives beneath it. Until recently he was living somewhere
else. Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah and now lives in New
York City. He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University and has
been illustrating ever since. His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket
magazine and The New York Times .
