The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

This is the first in the fantastically popular series about the exceptionally intelligent and exceedingly unlucky Baudelaire siblings--Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. Their story begins when their parents perish in a fire, throwing the hapless trio into a series of hilariously nightmarish scenarios comprised of well-meaning, ignorant adults, questionable motives, and serious danger. Miserably settled with Mr. Poe, the constantly coughing executor whose wife forces them into garish, itchy clothes, the children eventually find themselves at the mercy of the decidedly creepy Count Olaf. A money-grubbing distant relative with an ominous tattoo, the Count doesn't always seem to have the children's best interest in mind. In this darkly comic story, the Baudelaire children must rely on their wits, and each other, in order to survive. Illustrated with occasional Gothic-style B&W drawings.

Available editions of The Bad Beginning

	9780807288474, Audio Cassette, Listening Library, 2001 $1.00 (Used - Good) Other copies of 9780807288474

	9780807261781, Audio Cassette, Listening Library, 2001 $1.99 (Good) Other copies of 9780807261781

	9780754078128, Paperback, Chivers North Amer, 2002 None currently available

	9780061365331, Compact Disc, Harpercollins Childrens, 2007 $4.77 (REMAINDER) Other copies of 9780061365331

	9780060283124, Reinforced Hardcover, Harpercollins, 1999 $1.00 (Used, Very Good) Other copies of 9780060283124

	9780807219904, Compact Disc, Listening Library, 2003 $9.24 (NEW) Other copies of 9780807219904

	9780060518288, Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2003 $12.99 (Fine) Other copies of 9780060518288

	9780060755898, Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2004 $1.00 (Very Good ) Other copies of 9780060755898

	9780786229741, Hardcover, Thorndike Pr, 2000 None currently available

Publisher Notes

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

Media Reviews

"The author uses formal, Latinate language and intrusive commentary to hilarious effect, even for readers unfamiliar with the literary conventions he parodies...Exquisitely detailed drawings of Gothic gargoyles and mischievous eyes echo the contents of this elegantly designed hardcover."

Synopses

First Line

If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. This is because not very many happy things happened in the lives of the three Baudelaire youngsters.

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