Dear Reader, There is nothing to be found in ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution… 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 Grim Grotto, the siblings face mushrooms, a desperate search for something lost, a mechanical monster, a distressing message from a lost friend, and tap dancing… 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. Despite their wretched contents, ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ has sold 60 million copies worldwide and been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey and a Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris. You have been warned. Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? 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 And what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous and puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about: ‘Who Could That Be at This Hour?’ ‘When Did you Last See Her?’ ‘Shouldn’t You Be in School?’ ‘Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?’
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‘Perhaps A Series of Unfortunate Events is so special simply because Handler saw children as people. He took his readers seriously' – Guardian ‘Lemony Snicket is the new Harry Potter’ – Entertainment Weekly ‘Deliciously wicked and wonderful’ – The Times ‘Lemony Snicket is a publishing phenomenon’ – Independent ‘Harry Potter’s worst nightmare’ – Evening Standard
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New for 2024, the 25th anniversary collector’s edition of the 11th book in Lemony Snicket’s classic children’s mystery series
New for 2024, the 25th anniversary collector’s edition of the 11th book in Lemony Snicket’s classic children’s mystery series • A celebration of a quarter of a century of one of the biggest and iconic children’s book properties of recent times • Illustrated by the incredibly talented, Emily Gravett, the winner of two Greenaway Medals. • Despite their wretched contents, A Series of Unfortunate Events has sold 60 million copies worldwide. • The first season of the Netflix series, starring Neil Patrick Harris, was watched by 3.75 million people over the first weekend of its release and was nominated for an Emmy. • The movie, starring Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep, also won an Oscar. • ‘Perhaps A Series of Unfortunate Events is so special simply because Handler saw children as people. He took his readers seriously' – Guardian Competition: skandar; harry potter; the beast and the bethany; charlie and the chocolate factory; northern lights; imaginary creatures; lottie brooks; dork diaries; wimpy kid. af steadman; jk rowling; jeff kinney; david walliams; jack meggit-phillips; roald dahl; katherine rundell; katie kirby; renee russell
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780008648596
Publisert
2024-08-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Farshore
Vekt
300 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
JC, 02
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter
Illustratør

Om bidragsyterne

Lemony Snicket was born before you were and is likely to die before you as well. He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot. He grew up near the sea and currently lives beneath it. Until recently, he was living somewhere else.

Emily Gravett is the winner of two CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals and is the creator of the ground-breaking Wolves. She is also a ceramicist and lives in Brighton with her family