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 First edition cover | |
| 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 | August 31, 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 225 |
| ISBN | 0-06-440863-9 (first edition, hardback) |
| OCLC | 43952131 |
| Fic 21 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.S6795 Au 2000 |
| Preceded by | The Miserable Mill |
| Followed by | The Ersatz Elevator |
Book the Fifth: The Austere Academy is the fifth novel in the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The Baudelaire orphans are sent to a boarding school, overseen by monstrous employees. There, the orphans meet new friends, new enemies, and Count Olaf in disguises.
It was published in 2000 in the US, and 2001 in the UK.