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The Bad Beginning

71.4% complete
1999
2022
1 time
13 chapters
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13350
Text copyright © 1999 by Lemony Snicket
To Beatrice -
darling, dearest, dead.
If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book.
May contain spoilers
The car drove further and further away, until Justice Strauss was merely a speck in the darkness, and it seemed to the children that they were moving in an aberrant - the word "aberrant" here means "very, very wrong, and causing much grief" - direction.
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Added: 01-Aug-2022
Last Updated: 02-Oct-2024

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 01-Jan-1999
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Hardback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jan-1999
Format:
Hardback
Cover Price:
$8.95
Pages*:
162
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   6 Aug 2022 - 21 Aug 2022
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
12782
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-064-40766-7
ISBN-13:
978-0-064-40766-3
Printing:
5
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Alison Donalty - Cover Design
Brett Helquist  - Cover Artist
Brett Helquist - Illustrator
Margaret Wagner - Typography
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 through the entire story, disaster lurks at their heels.  One might say they are magnets for misfortune.

In this short book alone, the three young-sters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast.

It is my sad duty to write down these unpleasant tales, but there is nothing stopping you from putting this book down at once and reading something happy, if you prefer that sort of thing.

With all clue respect,

Lemony Snicket
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Notes and Comments:
First Edition, 1999
Copyright page lists LCCN 99-14750
Fifth printing based on the number line
Canada: $13.50
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01-Jan-1999
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Hardback

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Author(s)

 Lemony Snicket
Birth: 28 Feb 1970 San Francisco, California, USA
Notes:
From The Vile Village:

LEMONY SNICKET is the author of quite a few books, all dreadful, and has been accused of many crimes, all falsely.  Until recently, he was living someplace else.

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