The bad beginning /
by Lemony Snicket ; illustrations by Brett Helquist.
- 1st ed.
- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.
- 162 p. ill. 19 cm.
- A series of unfortunate events ; bk. 1 .
- Snicket, Lemony. Series of unfortunate events ; bk. 1. .
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.
0060283122 (lib. bdg.) 0064407667 (pbk.)
99014750
Orphans--Fiction. Brothers and sisters--Fiction. Humorous stories.