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The Slippery Slope

78.6% complete
2003
2024
1 time
Brothers and sisters - Fiction
Humorous stories
Mountains - Fiction
Orphans - Fiction
13 chapters
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Text Copyright © 2003 by Lemony Snicket
For Beatrice -
When we met, you were pretty, and I was lonely.
Now, I am pretty lonely.
A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled," describing a journey he took through the woods along a path most travelers never used.
May contain spoilers
As Sunny said, she and her siblings did not know where to go, and they didn't know how to get there, but the Baudelaire orphans were winding there anyway, and this is one thing I know for certain.
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Added: 01-Aug-2022
Last Updated: 05-Sep-2024

Quotes

Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant, filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.

Publications

 01-Jan-2003
HarperCollins
Hardback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jan-2003
Format:
Hardback
Cover Price:
$12.99
Pages*:
337
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   17 Jul 2024 - 4 Sep 2024
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
23197
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-064-41013-7
ISBN-13:
978-0-064-41013-7
Printing:
34
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Alison Donalty - Cover Design
Brett Helquist  - Cover Artist
Brett Helquist - Illustrator
Dear Reader,

Like handshakes, house pets, or raw carrots, many things are preferable when not slippery.  Unfortunately, in this miserable volume, I am afraid that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire run into more than their fair share of slipperiness during their harrowing journey up - and down - a range of strange and distressing mountains.

In order to spare you any further repulsion, it would be best not to mention any of the unpleasant details of this story, particularly a secret message, a toboggan, a deceitful trap, a swarm of snow gnats, a scheming villain, a troupe of organized youngsters, a covered casserole dish, and a surprising survivor of a terrible fire.

Unfortunately, I have dedicated my life to researching and recording the sad tale of the Baudelaire orphans.  There is no reason for you to dedicate yourself to such things, and you might instead dedicate yourself to letting this slippery book slip from your hands into a nearby trash receptacle, or deep pit.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket
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Notes and Comments:
First Edition, 2003
Thirty-fourth printing based on the number line
Canada: $16.99
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01-Jan-2003
HarperCollins
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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