A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series)

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book series children's book series

A Series of Unfortunate Events is a darkly comedic children’s book series by Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler) that follows the tragic misadventures of the Baudelaire orphans as they are pursued by the villainous Count Olaf.

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A Series of Unfortunate Events 4
A Series of Unfortunate Events universe 1
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 1

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instanceOf book series ⓘ
children's book series ⓘ
adaptedToFilm Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptedToTelevision A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
antagonist Count Olaf NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Lemony Snicket NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
finalPublicationYear 2006 ⓘ
firstBook The Bad Beginning NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1999 ⓘ
genre absurdist fiction ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
gothic fiction ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
hasAdaptation A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCompanionWork Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Beatrice Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFictionalOrganization V.F.D. NERFINISHED ⓘ
imprint HarperCollins Publishers NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lastBook The End NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacters Klaus Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sunny Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Violet Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
marketedAs A Series of Unfortunate Events NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeStyle metafictional ⓘ
narrativeTone darkly comedic ⓘ
narrator Lemony Snicket NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableBook The Austere Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Carnivorous Carnival NERFINISHED ⓘ
The End NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Ersatz Elevator NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Grim Grotto NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Hostile Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Miserable Mill NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Penultimate Peril NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Reptile Room NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Slippery Slope NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Vile Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Wide Window NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfBooks 13 ⓘ
penNameOf Daniel Handler NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotSummary Follows the Baudelaire orphans as they are pursued by Count Olaf who seeks their fortune ⓘ
protagonistFamilyName Baudelaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher HarperCollins NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting fictional contemporary world ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
middle-grade readers ⓘ
theme greed ⓘ
misfortune ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
orphanhood ⓘ

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A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV series) → basedOn → A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (film score) → basedOn → A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (film score) → partOfFranchise → A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Brad Silberling → hasDirectedAdaptationOf → A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Count Olaf → appearsIn → A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Count Olaf → firstAppearance → A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Beginning
Quagmire family → appearsIn → A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Quagmire family → settingUniverse → A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Series of Unfortunate Events universe
Liam Aiken → notableWork → A Series of Unfortunate Events (book series) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events