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.
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Spare, intimate, classical in form and resolved.
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Lemony Snicket
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 176
- Publisher
- HarperTrophy, Listening Library (Audio), Tian xia yuan jian chu ban gu fen you xian gong si
- Editions
- 75
- Language
- Polish, wel, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780007157082
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“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.”
Lemony Snicket is the legal nom de plume of American novelist Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970). Snicket is the author of several children's books, serving as the narrator of *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (his best known work) and appearing as a character within the series. Because of this, Lemony Snicket is both a fictional character and a real person. Handler was born in San Francisco, California. He attended Commodore Sloat Elementary, Herbert Hoover Middle School and Lowell High School. Handler graduated from Wesleyan University in 1992. He is an alumnus of the San Francisco Boys Chorus. Handler is married to Lisa Brown, a graphic artist that he met in college.They have a son, O
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