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>Be warned – to commiserate 25 years of misfortune and gloom unleashed upon</p><p>generations of children, Lemony Snicket’s publishers have taken the untold risk of</p><p>creating brand new collectors’ editions of A Series of Unfortunate Events, illustrated</p><p>by the obscenely talented Emily Gravett. The temptation to buy a copy is severe</p><p>indeed…</p><p>Dear reader,</p><p>You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on</p><p>discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution…</p><p>Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and</p><p>have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.</p><p>In The Reptile Room the siblings endure a car accident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent, a</p><p>long knife, a brass reading lamp, and the re-appearance of a person they’d hoped never to see</p><p>again.</p><p>In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is</p><p>both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted.</p><p>Despite their wretched contents, A Series of Unfortunate Events has sold 60 million copies worldwide</p><p>and been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey. And in the future things are poised to get</p><p>much worse, thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. You have been</p><p>warned.</p><p>Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures?</p><p>The Bad Beginning</p><p>The Reptile Room</p><p>The Wide Window</p><p>The Miserable Mill</p><p>The Austere Academy</p><p>The Ersatz Elevator</p><p>The Vile Village</p><p>The Hostile Hospital</p><p>The Carnivorous Carnival</p><p>The Slippery Slope</p><p>The Grim Grotto</p>
