Author | Lemony Snicket (pen name of Daniel Handler) |
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Illustrator | Brett Helquist |
Cover artist | Brett Helquist |
Language | English |
Series | A Series of Unfortunate Events |
Genre | Gothic fiction Absurdist fiction Mystery |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | September 30, 1999 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 162 |
ISBN | 0-06-440766-7 |
OCLC | 41070636 |
Fic 21 | |
LC Class | PZ7.S6795 Bad 1999 |
Followed by | The Reptile Room |
Book the First: The Bad Beginning is the first novel of the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The novel tells the story of three children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who become orphans following a fire and are sent to live with Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance.
The book was published on September 30, 1999, by Scholastic Inc. and illustrated by Brett Helquist. An audiobook was released in 2003 with narration by Tim Curry, several special editions of the book have been made and the book has been translated into many different languages. There is a film based on the series starring Jim Carrey and a Netflix TV mini-series starring Neil Patrick Harris.