A Series of Unfortunate Events Complete Set Books 1-13

Handler, Daniel writing as Snicket, Lemony

ISBN 10: 0064407667 / ISBN 13: 9780064407663

Published by HarperCollins, 1999

About this Item

This is a complete set of all thirteen books which are First Editions and First Printings. The books and their covers are in Very Good or better condition. All have a 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 number line. Each book is signed and dated on the dedication page by the author, Lemony Snicket. **This set is comprised of Book 1: The Bad Beginning, Book 2: The Reptile Room, Book 3: The Wide Window, Book 4: The Miserable Mill, Book 5: The Austere Academy, Book 6: The Ersatz Elevator, Book 7: The Vile Village, Book 8: The Hostile Hospital, Book 9: The Carnivorous Carnival, Book 10: The Slippery Slope, Book 11: The Grim Grotto, Book 12: The Penultimate Peril, Book 13: The End.**. Seller Inventory # 005101

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Series of Unfortunate Events Complete Set ...

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Brett Helquist, cover art

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.

In the first two books alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, a lumpy bed, a deadly serpent, a large brass reading lamp, a long knife, and a terrible odor.

In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so enchanting, or quite so uproariously unhappy.

Review:

Make no mistake. The Bad Beginning begins badly for the three Baudelaire children, and then gets worse. Their misfortunes begin one gray day on Briny Beach when Mr. Poe tells them that their parents perished in a fire that destroyed their whole house. "It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed," laments the personable (occasionally pedantic) narrator, who tells the story as if his readers are gathered around an armchair on pillows. But of course what follows is dreadful. The children thought it was bad when the well-meaning Poes bought them grotesque-colored clothing that itched. But when they are ushered to the dilapidated doorstep of the miserable, thin, unshaven, shiny-eyed, money-grubbing Count Olaf, they know that they--and their family fortune--are in real trouble. Still, they could never have anticipated how much trouble. While it's true that the events that unfold in Lemony Snicket's novels are bleak, and things never turn out as you'd hope, these delightful, funny, linguistically playful books are reminiscent of Roald Dahl (remember James and the Giant Peach and his horrid spinster aunts), Charles Dickens (the orphaned Pip in Great Expectations without the mysterious benefactor), and Edward Gorey (The Gashlycrumb Tinies). There is no question that young readers will want to read the continuing unlucky adventures of the Baudelaire children in The Reptile Room and The Wide Window. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson