The Bad Beginning 20th anniversary gift edition (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

The Bad Beginning is the first book in the globally bestselling series A Series of Unfortunate Events. This exclusive gold foiled 20th anniversary hardback gift edition commemorates the miserable fact that every child in the world has wanted this brilliantly funny book for twenty years.\r\n\r\n\r\n Perfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Mr Gum, young readers of 9 to 11 will adore the mischievously dark humour. A Series of Unfortunate Events has been made into a blockbuster Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey and is also a hit Netflix TV series.\r\n\r\n\r\n Dear reader,\r\n\r\n\r\n There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery and despair. 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&\r\n\r\n\r\n Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.\r\n\r\n\r\n 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.\r\n\r\n\r\n You have been warned...\r\n\r\n\r\n Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures?\r\n\r\n\r\n The Bad Beginning\r\nThe Reptile Room\r\nThe Wide Window\r\nThe Miserable Mill\r\nThe Austere Academy\r\nThe Ersatz Elevator\r\nThe Vile Village\r\nThe Hostile Hospital\r\nThe Carnivorous Carnival\r\nThe Slippery Slope\r\nThe Grim Grotto\r\nThe Penultimate Peril\r\nThe End\r\n\r\n\r\n And what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous and puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about:\r\n\r\n\r\n Who Could That Be at This Hour?\r\nWhen Did you Last See Her?\r\nShouldnt You Be in School?\r\nWhy is This Night Different from All Other Nights?