The Bad Beginning

Lemony Snicket

Scholastic, 2000 - Brothers - 162 pages

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. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. Imagine tales so terrible that as many as fifty million innocents have been ruined by them-tales so indelibly horrid that the New York Times bestseller list has been unable to rid itself of them for seven years. Now imagine if this scourge suddenly became available in a shameful new edition so sensational, so irresistible, so riddled with lurid new pictures that even a common urchin would wish for it. Who among us would be safe? -- Publisher description.

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 27
• Section 3: 41

About the author

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of Daniel Handler, who was born on February 28, 1970. As Lemony Snicket, he is the author of and appears as a character in the children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events. He has also written or contributed to other works using this pen name including Baby in the Manger, The Lump of Coal, The Composer Is Dead, and Where Did You See Her Last?. Under his real name, Handler is the author of several books for adults including The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Bad Beginning; Book 1 of Bad beginning; Book 1 of Series of unfortunate events, Lemony Snicket; Unfortunate Events
• Author: Lemony Snicket
• Illustrated by: Brett Helquist
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Scholastic, 2000
• ISBN: 0439206472, 9780439206471
• Length: 162 pages