{"product_id":"9780008648497","title":"The Bad Beginning","description":"Author(s): Snicket, Lemony, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 25\/04\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 192 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: A Series of Unfortunate Events, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Farshore, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Reading age: from c 8 years\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 200 x 130 x 15mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 174g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008648497\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBe warned – to commiserate 25 years of misfortune and gloom, 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…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Dear reader,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In The Bad Beginning, the siblings encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune and cold porridge for breakfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 massively popular Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Bad Beginning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Reptile Room\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Wide Window\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Miserable Mill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Austere Academy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Ersatz Elevator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Vile Village\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Hostile Hospital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Carnivorous Carnival\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Slippery Slope\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Grim Grotto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Penultimate Peril\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The End\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55004481257850,"sku":"9780008648497","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780008648497.jpg?v=1739291228","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780008648497","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}