The Bad Beginning

The Bad Beginning is a novel by Daniel Handler, written under his pen name Lemony Snicket, and the first of thirteen books in the A Series of Unfortunate Events collection. It features the three recently orphaned Baudelaire children, 14-year-old Violet, 12-year-old Klaus and the infant Sunny, who are given into the care of a distant relative, Count Olaf, who only wants the fortune Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire left behind. There are multiple special ed... more

The Bad Beginning is a novel by Daniel Handler, written under his pen name Lemony Snicket, and the first of thirteen books in the A Series of Unfortunate Events collection. It features the three recently orphaned Baudelaire children, 14-year-old Violet, 12-year-old Klaus and the infant Sunny, who are given into the care of a distant relative, Count Olaf, who only wants the fortune Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire left behind. There are multiple special editions of The Bad Beginning. Another edition of The Bad Beginning was published by HarperCollins in September 2003; it is known as The Bad Beginning: Rare Edition (ISBN 0-06-051828-6). This boxed edition comes with a new cover, a portrait of the characters and an extra chapter filled with author's notes, many of which occasionally foreshadow later events in the series. However, each of the notes, particularly the ones relating to The End, proved accurate or were addressed by later books in the series. Two more editions of The Bad Beginning... less