A Unfortunate Events A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning, Book 1, (Paperback)

from nmhale

This is the book that began a unique series of children's literature, filled with a huge helping of dark humor and a highly intrusive narrator. We start out with the Baudelaire children enjoying a brief respite on the beach. A mysterious figure emerges from the mist, revealing itself as Mr. Poe, ...

from KhangNguyen

The bad beginning by lemony snicket The first book in the series of unfortunate event introduces the Baudelaire children, violet, Klaus and sunny. How unlucky they are, their house gets burnt down killing their parent. Leaving them to live with their distant relative Count Olaf, who is a mean and...

from ElizaJane

I read the first three Unfortunate Events books about 3 years ago and for some reason never got around to reading the rest of them. In this first volume the Baudelaire children become orphans and are sent to live with the evil Count Orloff who treats them miserably and plans to take their fortune...

from bellalibrarian

The Baudeliare siblings are suddenly made orphans after the death of their parents; they are sent to live with their distant relative, the horrible, Count Olaf. Count Olaf is determined to acquire the children's fortune and has planned unspeakable acts in order to get the money. This is a rather ...

from melydia

When the three Baudelaire children lose their parents in a fire, they are sent to live with distant relative Count Olaf. He is determined to get his hands on the Baudelaire fortune, legally untouchable until the eldest child, Violet, turns 18. What follows is a somewhat ridiculous collection of t...