Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
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.
<p>‘Perhaps <em>A Series of Unfortunate Events</em> is so special simply because Handler saw children as people. He took his readers seriously' – <em>Guardian</em></p>
<p><em>‘</em>Lemony Snicket is the new Harry Potter<em>’ – Entertainment Weekly</em></p>
<p>‘Deliciously wicked and wonderful’<em> – The Times</em></p>
<p>‘Lemony Snicket is a publishing phenomenon’ <em>– Independent</em></p>
<p>‘Harry Potter’s worst nightmare’<em> – Evening Standard </em></p>
Be warned – to commiserate 25 years of misfortune and gloom unleashed upon generations of children, Lemony Snicket’s publishers have taken the untold risk of creating brand new collectors’ editions of A Series of Unfortunate Events, illustrated by the obscenely talented Emily Gravett. The temptation to buy a copy is severe indeed…
Dear reader,
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 Reptile Room the siblings endure a car accident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a brass reading lamp, and the re-appearance of a person they’d hoped never to see again.
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 in the future things are poised to get much worse, thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. 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
Be warned – to commiserate 25 years of misfortune and gloom unleashed upon generations of children, Lemony Snicket’s publishers have taken the untold risk of creating brand new collectors’ editions of A Series of Unfortunate Events, illustrated by the obscenely talented Emily Gravett. The temptation to buy a copy is severe indeed…
New for 2024, the 25th anniversary Collector’s Edition of Lemony Snicket’s classic mystery tale
• 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 has been nominated for an Emmy.
Competition: The;Beast and the Bethany;Amari and the Night Brothers;Code Name Bananas;Kid Normal;Parent Agency;danger gang;poison for breakfast;matilda;twits;harry potter. Jack Meggitt-Phillips;BB;B.B.;Brandon Alston;David Walliams;David Baddiel;tom fletcher;greg james;jk;j.k.;rowling;Sarah Driver;Roald Dahl;
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
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.