A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning

The first book in the Baudelaire siblings’ miserable saga of woe and misfortune. From the bad beginning to the bitter end, there’s nothing but darkness in store! One day, Violet, Klaus and Sunny receive terrible news. Their house has burned to the ground. Their parents are dead – and they are being sent to live with their rotten relative Count Olaf. He treats them like slaves, but that’s not all. He will stop at nothing, not even murder, to steal the family fortune. Will our hapless heroes ever escape the ogre Olaf and his hideous henchmen?

  • First in Lemony Snicket’s darkly funny series
  • Now a new TV show starring Malina Weissman
  • Bestselling series with over 65 million copies sold
  • A true cult classic – comical, gothic and clever

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