A Series of Unfortunate Events
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See moreBeware of bad things in beautiful packages! The book that launched the New York Times bestselling Series of Unfortunate Events is getting an unbelievable transformation. In this limited-run deluxe edition, The Bad Beginning will receive a luxurious soft touch cover with gold foil stamping, full-colour digital edges and endpapers, and bonus content written by the elusive Lemony Snicket and illustrated by his esteemed associate, Mr. Brett Helquist.
Imagine, if you will, a series of tales so terrible that over 50 million innocent minds have been ruined by themโstories so indelibly horrid that the world has remained rapt for more than a quarter of a disturbed century.
Now visualise this scourge on society being suddenly available in a shameful new edition so sensational, so irresistible, so spectacular that Snicket fans and schadenfreude enjoyers from all walks of life will fiend to get their grubby hands upon its newly gilded cover.
Lock your doors and hide your little ones, for this is no mere fancy. The reviled Lemony Snicketโs The Bad Beginningโbook the first in the Series of Unfortunate Eventsโmay only be available in this wretched yet ravishing edition for a limited time. But Count Olaf has been known to do more harm in the blink of an eye... so heed this warning!
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780063437531
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 October 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: HarperCollins
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 158.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 336g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Lemony Snicket is often despondent, mostly about his published research, which includes A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Composer Is Dead. Due to the world-wide web of conspiracy which surrounds him, Mr. Snicket often communicates with the general public through his representative, Daniel Handler. Mr. Handler has had a relatively uneventful life, and is the author of three books for adults, The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs, none of which are anywhere near as dreadful as Mr. Snicket's.
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