HarperCollins, Egmont UK., 1999 – 2006.
Genre: Gothic fiction, Absurdist fiction, Steampunk, Mystery.
A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of children's novels (or novellas) by Lemony Snicket (the pen name of American author Daniel Handler) which follows the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents' death in an arsonous house fire. The...
Dear Reader,
I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe. From the very first page of this book when the children are at the beach and receive terrible news, continuing on...
HarperCollins, 2011. — 1000 p. — ISBN: 0062132946 (ISBN13: 9780062132949) 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 If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then...
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2014. — 80 p. — ISBN: 0316284068 (ISBN13: 9780316284066) The first volume in a two-part ebook series that invites you to match wits with Lemony Snicket and solve perplexing mini-mysteries. Paintings have been falling off of walls, a loud and loyal dog has gone missing, a gurgled message is being transmitted by walkie-talkie-strange things...
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2014. — 130 p. — ASIN B00I30DNW6 The second volume of the two-part ebook series that invites you to solve mini-mysteries alongside Lemony Snicket. An important postcard never reached its destination, three brothers have been apprehended for one crime, a specter has been seen walking on the pier at midnight-more peculiar events are...
Little Brown, 2012. — 258 p. — ISBN: 0316123080 (ISBN13: 9780316123082) The adventure began in a fading town. Far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket started an apprenticeship for a secret organization shrouded in mystery and secrecy. He asked questions that shouldn't have been on his mind. Now he has written an account that should not be published that...
Little Brown, 2013. — 279 p. — ISBN: 0316123056 (ISBN13: 9780316123051) In the fading town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea, young apprentice Lemony Snicket has a new case to solve when he and his chaperone are hired to find a missing girl. Is the girl a runaway? Or was she kidnapped? Was she seen last at the grocery store? Or could she have stopped at the diner? Is it really any of your...
Little Brown, 2014. — 327 p. — ISBN: 0316123064 (ISBN13: 9780316123068) Is Lemony Snicket a detective or a smoke detector? Do you smell smoke? Young apprentice Lemony Snicket is investigating a case of arson but soon finds himself enveloped in the ever-increasing mystery that haunts the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea. Who is setting the fires? What secrets are hidden in the...
Little Brown, 2015. — 311 p. — ISBN: 0316123048 (ISBN13: 9780316123044) On all other nights, the train departs from Stain'd Station and travels to the city without stopping. But not tonight. You might ask, why is this night different from all other nights? But that's the wrong question. Instead ask, where is this all heading? And what happens at the end of the line? The final...
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