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A Series of Unfortunate Events #3: the Wide Window by Lemony Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events #3: the Wide Window

Hardcover – Deckle Edge, February 2, 2000

Lemony Snicket

HarperCollins · Hardcover · February 2, 2000

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery.

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Who it’s for
A cheerfully grave narrator invites you into a tale crowded with peculiar perils.
Themes
Misfortune, Adversity
Genres
Orphans & Foster Kids, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Funny Stories

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About this book

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Dear Reader, If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the worst of them all.

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If you haven't got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane, a signalling device, hungry leeches, cold cucumber soup, a horrible villain, and a doll named Pretty Penny, then this book will probably fill you with despair. I will continue to record these tragic tales, for that is what I do. You, however, should decide for yourself whether you can possibly endure this miserable story. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket

Wry Misfortune

A cheerfully grave narrator invites you into a tale crowded with peculiar perils.

Come here for

  • Three kindhearted, quick-witted siblings facing a run of misery
  • A hurricane, hungry leeches, and cold cucumber soup

Expect

  • A knowingly gloomy warning, delivered with a wink
  • Misfortune alongside a horrible villain and a doll named Pretty Penny

Where it sits

Mysteries & Detective Stories53%
Orphans & Foster Kids51%
Funny Stories50%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Reptiles & Amphibians
  • Biographical Stories
  • Orphans & Foster Kids
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  • Sibling Stories
  • Halloween Stories
  • Horror & Ghost Stories
  • Funny Stories
Authors
Lemony Snicket
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
February 2, 2000
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Misfortune · Adversity
Reading lane
Action & Adventure