eBook, 171 pages
English language
Published Oct. 13, 2009 by HarperCollins.
The Reptile Room
- ASIN:
- B000VYX94O
5 stars
(2 reviews)
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.
In the first two books alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, a lumpy bed, a deadly serpent, a large brass reading lamp, a long knife, and a terrible odour.
In the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted. Never before has a tale of three likeable and unfortunate children been quite so enchanting, or quite so uproariously unhappy.
Subjects
- Adventure and adventurers, fiction
- Humorous stories
- Children's fiction
- Brothers and sisters
- Orphans
- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Orphans, fiction
- Brothers and sisters, fiction
- Sunny Baudelaire (Fictitious character)
- Klaus Baudelaire (Fictitious character)
- Children's stories
- Counts and countesses
- Violet Baudelaire (Fictitious character)
- Humorous fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Poisonous snakes
- Large type books
- Frères et sœurs
- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Serpents venimeux
- Livres en gros caractères
- Orphelins
- Aventures