The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1)

<p>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...</p> <p>Dear reader,</p> <p>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...</p> <p>Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures?</p> <p>The Bad Beginning</p> <p>The Reptile Room</p> <p>The Wide Window</p> <p>The Miserable Mill</p> <p>The Austere Academy</p> <p>The Ersatz Elevator</p> <p>The Vile Village</p> <p>The Hostile Hospital</p> <p>The Carnivorous Carnival</p> <p>The Slippery Slope</p> <p>The Grim Grotto</p> <p>The Penultimate Peril</p> <p>The End</p>