The Bad Beginning

There is nothing to be found in the pages of A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-seller to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire children read on. In The Bad Beginning the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain itchy clothing a disastrous fire a plot to steal their fortune and cold porridge for breakfast. Then again why trouble yourself with the unfortunate resolutions? With 5 million copies sold in the UK alone one might consider Lemony Snicket`s A Series of Unfortunate Events to make him one of the most successful childrens authors of the past decade. We however consider these miserable so-called adventure stories and the Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey that accompanied the books for children as nothing more than a dreadful mistake.