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A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Series of Unfortunate Events was written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. The somewhat macabre series follows the Baudelaire children through a series of guardians after their parents death in a fire. Their wicked uncle, Count Olaf, causes them problem after problem along the way.

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What is the problem in the book a series of unfortunate events the bad beginning?

In this book series called A Series of Unfortunate Events, there are three siblings called Violet Baudelaire, Klaus Baudelaire, and Sunny Baudelaire (ordered from oldest to youngest). These children are very noble: they are charming, intelligent, and kind. Their parents are also millionaires. In the beginning of the book, they are on a beach called Briny Beach when a friend of their parents, Mr. Poe, shows up and informs the children that their house and their parents had perished in a terrible fire. They are then moved to a new guardian. This man is called Count Olaf, and the children learn early on that he is an evil, crooked man that is also smart and who aspires to claim the Baudelaire Fortune. When the oldest Baudelaire (Violet) comes to the age of eighteen, she would've been old enough to claim the money that their dead parents had left their children. However, her guardian also would've been able to draw upon that money, and this was why Count Olaf tried to stay her guardian. Throughout the series, Count Olaf dresses up in ridiculous disguises to fool them, but the Baudelaires always outwit him just in time. The adults around the Baudelaires are usually too stupid/nasty/dull to realize that the siblings desperately need their help. Throughout this series, they continuously outwit Count Olaf and learn about a mysterious organization called V.F.D. that their parents were members of (Volunteer Fire Department). The forces that are struggling in this book series are:

#1: The Baudelaire Orphans. They are struggling against Olaf and his constant scheming to snatch their fortune.

#2: Count Olaf. He is struggling against the orphans (who keep outwitting him) in his quest to capture the Baudelaires and steal their fortune.

So the struggle, in the end is: The Baudelaires don't want Count Olaf to steal their fortune and they want him to just leave them alone (Footnote: After Count Olaf draws out the fortune from the bank, he plans to murder the siblings because they would no longer be any use to him. Thankfully though, he never gets to this point.) But Count Olaf wants the fortune. The struggle is for the money: Could Count Olaf outwit the siblings?

I hope that helps ^_^

Why does count olaf die?

First, some midgets came in with a harpoon gun. then, whales started falling from the sky and one fell on him, but it didn't kill him, it just flattened him. the midgets had bad aim and shot him with a harpoon gun.

Who is Jacques snicket in the books?

He is Lemony and Kit Snicket's brother. He was part of the V.F.D club that the Bauldelaire parents were in and he was good friends with them.

Does count olaf die in the end of series of unfortunate events?

He doesn't. He dies in book 13: The End. He gets shot with a harpoon.

What is the real name of the girl who played violet baudelaire?

The actress who plays the role of Violet Baudelaire is Emily Browning.

What is the main conflict in the Vile Village by Lemony Snicket?

That the Baudelaries' parents died, Count Olaf is a terrible guardian, Violet might have to marry Count Olaf,but she doesnt marry him,Count Olaf gets away,the stress builds up,he said hell kill them.

Does voilet baudelaire ever get a boyfriend?

Unless you count the thing she had with Qugiley in The Slippery Slope, then no, in the books she doesn't.

The bad beginning solution?

violet signs the marriage sheet with her left hand but as law the both bride and groom must sign their sheet with their hand they write with which buys her more time for Klaus to burn Olaf's sheet

What is the climax of the a series of unfortunate events?

Ultimately at the end of The End, the last book in A Series of Unfortunate Events, Kit delivers her baby and the harpooned Count Olaf reveals that he was Kit's lover and the baby's father before both he and Kit die, Olaf having lost too much blood from being harpooned and Kit from being poisoned by the Medusiod Mycelium mushroom. The Baudelaires adopt the new baby, and name her after their late mother, Beatrice. Many years later, the Baudelaires finsih building a boat and set sail for home. Lemony Snicket says he does not know if the Baudelaires made it home, and at the end of the book, we are left feeling complete with the series at its end, but yet we hunger for more. Read the books yourself and you'll see what I mean.

What happens in the second book in a series of unfortunate events?

Dewey Denoument gets shot with a harpoon, we go to court, we help Olaf start a fire, Violet helps Olaf make a drag chute so that he can escape, we learn a truly haunting secret about our parents, I sadly helped olaf enter in a code, and so much more that it cannot be written here.

What was the Production Budget for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events?

The Production Budget for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events was $100,000,000.

Is the story about Lemony Snicketand Beatrice real?

It is a series of letters from Beatrice Baudelaire (Kit's daughter) to Lemony, and from Lemony Snicket to Beatrice Baudelaire (the Baudelaires' mother).

This book is really good i recommend it to everyone(besides children).

What happened to lemony snickets wife?

It is never stated that Lemony Snicket married, although he was engaged to Beatrice Baudelaire, the mother of the Baudelaire children. For some reason, Beatrice cancelled their engagement, and later married the Baudelaire children's father, Bertrand. So, simply, no one. Because he never married.

Did Daniel Handler write 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'?

Yes. He wrote A Series of Unfortunate Events under the pen name Lemony Snicket.

What happens at the end of the series of unfortunate events?

Lots of stuff happened in The End. Let's see... Kit Snicket died, Count Olaf died, it was revealed that Beatrice was the Baudelaire orphan's mom, VFD stands for Volunter Fire Department, Kit had a baby (the father was Dewey Denoument) and when she died the Baudelaires became the guardians of it, the baby was a girl and they named her Beatrice, the Incredably Deadly Viper reappeared and then had to leave again, the sugar bowl remains a mystery, the triplets never show up (some people think they're dead, based on Kit's description)...I can't think of anything else. And in the very end of the book, the Baudelaires (after living alone on the island for a year) decide to head back to the mainland with Little Beatrice. Their ship wrecks on the way back (the shipwreck poster in The Beatrice Letters is of that shipwreck) and Little Beatrice and the Baudelaires are separated. I'm pretty sure that Little Beatrice hired Lemony Snicket to find the Baudelaires, Snicket tried to track them down by gathering information from all the places they'd been since their parent's deaths and he based A Series of Unfortunate Events on the observations he made (that explains why so much time has passed between when the Baudelaires were at a certain place, and when Snicket came there to investigate).
Lots of stuff happened in The End. Let's see... Kit Snicket died, Count Olaf died, it was revealed that Beatrice was the Baudelaire orphan's mom, VFD stands for Volunter Fire Department, Kit had a baby (the father was Dewey Denoument) and when she died the Baudelaires became the guardians of it, the baby was a girl and they named her Beatrice, the Incredably Deadly Viper reappeared and then had to leave again, the sugar bowl remains a mystery, the triplets never show up (some people think they're dead, based on Kit's description)...I can't think of anything else. And in the very end of the book, the Baudelaires (after living alone on the island for a year) decide to head back to the mainland with Little Beatrice. Their ship wrecks on the way back (the shipwreck poster in The Beatrice Letters is of that shipwreck) and Little Beatrice and the Baudelaires are separated. I'm pretty sure that Little Beatrice hired Lemony Snicket to find the Baudelaires, Snicket tried to track them down by gathering information from all the places they'd been since their parent's deaths and he based A Series of Unfortunate Events on the observations he made (that explains why so much time has passed between when the Baudelaires were at a certain place, and when Snicket came there to investigate).

How many awards has Daniel Handler got?

Accomplishments and Awards

o the Academy of American Poets Prize (1992)

o Wesleyan University's Olin Fellowship (1992-1993)

o Quill Award for The Penultimate Peril (2006)

What are the books in 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'?

There are 14 books in a Series of Unfortunate Events. Here is the list of them:

  1. The Bad Beginning
  2. The Reptile Room
  3. The Wide Window
  4. The Miserable Mill
  5. The Austere Acadamy
  6. The Erstaz Elevator
  7. The Vile Village
  8. The Hostile Hospital
  9. The Carnivorous Carnival
  10. The Slippery Slope
  11. The Grim Grotto
  12. The Penultimate Peril
  13. The End
  14. chapter fourteen

A known fact shows that the most popular books of the series are "The Penultimate Peril" and "The Wide Window." "The Reptile Room" is also popular book in the series.

Wait one is called The Unauthorized Autobiography of Lemony Snicket

Another is The Blank Book.............

I forgot there's one called The Bad Beginning with extras.

What are the baudelaires real names and ages?

Violet Baudelaire is 14 until The Grim Grotto where she turns 15. She is most likely 16 at the end of the series.
Klaus Baudelaire is 12 until The Vile Village where he turns 13. He is most likely 14 at the end of the series.
Sunny Baudelaire is about a year and a half old until about The Slippery Slope when she turns 2. She is most likely 3 at the end of the series.
those are baudelaires age in the books but the only way of knowing if they are still alive is if you know when the books take place which was in the 1980's so that would make

Sunny 31 or 32

Violet 44

And Klaus would be 41

What Happened To The Quagmires A Series Of Unfortunate Events?

After escaping with Hector in the air, the Baudelaire orphans go to a great deal of trouble to find them. Mean while, up in the air, the Quagmire triplets, Duncan and Isadora are attacked by VFD crows which took out the balloons supporting them. As a result they were taken down to the vast unknown, making the Quagmire triplets a mystery. It is possible that Duncan and Isadora and could be dead. Also, there's a possibility that their estate,The Quagmire Sapphires, along with the fortune, will be destroyed forever and forgotten.

Yes the Quagmires are triplets but Duncan and Isadora's brother, Quigley died in a fire along with the Quagmire parents.

What happen in chapter 4 of a series of unfortunate events The Ersatz Elevator?

The Baudelaire are sent to live with Esme and Jerome Squalor on 667 Dark Avenue. They live in the penthouse suite at the very top of a top of countless floors. The elevator's broken, so they have to walk up and down all the stairs, which takes hours. Esme Squalor is completely obsessed with fashion (which has been exaggerated in the book, to give a message that following trends closely is stupid). In fact, the only reason Esme adopted them was because orhans were "in" at the time. Esme refers to everything as "in" or "out". The Baudelaires are forced to follow fashion trends, too, because Esme can't abide having anything that isn't in. Thus, they have to wear pinstripe suits (which are too large, because those were the only ones left in the store), drink seltzer water, eat salmon, and walk up and down the stairs (one of the reasons the elevator hasn't been fixed is because elevators are "out"). Jerome is really nice, but he doesn't everything Esme says, so he's not much help to the Baudelaires. Olaf shows up as "Gunther", who is allegadly a stylish foreginer who barely speaks any English and who is helping Esme plan an auction of "in" stuff called 'The "In" Auction'. The Baudelaires think that they Quagmires must be somewhere nearby, because Olaf is here, so they search everywhere for them, and finally find them in the elevator shaft (the elevator was removed, and at the bottom of the shaft was a cage with the Quagmires in it). The Baudelaires had to climb down the shaft from the top of the building using one giant rope of neckties, ropes, extention cords, etc. They get to the bottom, discover the Quagmires, climb back up to get something to burn the bars of the cage with, so they can let the Quagmires out; and climb back down. All that climbing takes several hours, so by the time they reach the bottom with the molten-hot crow bars, the Quagmires are gone. The Quagmires told them that they were to be hidden in one of the items at the In Auction, bought by one of Olaf's henchmen, and then shipped somewhere else. So, they go back to the penthouse and flip through the In Auction Catalog. They find an item called "VFD", so they think the Quagmires must be in that. They find Esme and tell her everything; Gunther is Olaf, the Quagmires are hidden in VFD, etc. They go to show her the empty elevator shaft. She opens the elevator, laughs, and throws themdown the shaft. A net had been placed in the middle of the shaft after the Baudelaires had climbed back up, and the rope at been removed, so the Bauelaires would be stuck in the middle of the shaft. Esme tells them that she had been in cahoots with Olaf the whole time, that she knew everything already, and that the Baudelaires know too much so, they'll be kept in the shaft until after the auction, and then she'll give them to Olaf. She also says something about how she hates Beatrice and Beatrice stole her sugar bowl. The Baudelaires manage to get to the bottom of the shaft (I think that the rope was at the bottom, and Sunny, using her teeth, climbed to the bottom, dragged the rope back up to the net, they tied the rope to the net, and climbed down, but I might be remembering that wrong). They realize that the shaft is connected to an underground passage. They follow it, reach the end, pry open a trap door in the ceiling and emerge into the ashes of their old house. They realize the passage must have been used by their parents and whoever lived in the penthouse before the Squalors for VFD business. They walk to the place where the auction is being held, find Jerome, and convince him to buy them VFD. They find out that VFD stands for Very Fancy Doilies, that the Quagmires weren't hidden in VFD, but in a giant red herring statue, Olaf escapes with the Quags, Esme goes with Olaf (she leaves Jerome and becomes Olaf's girlfriend), and Jerome gives up the Baudelaires because he doesn't think he can raise them.

Where was the sugar bowl in the series of unfortunate events?

The Sugar Bowl (occasionally known as the "Vessel for Disaccharides" or V.F.D.) is a mysterious plot device from A Series of Unfortunate Events.If i remember correctly, it was a way to communicate with VFD. I'm not 100% positive but i am about 98%.

Hope that helped

Better Answer

The way of communicating with VFD was called Volunteer Factual Dispathces,I am 100% on this.i am reading it on the book The Grim Grotto rite now 2 be super sure my answer is correct.I have finished The 12th book but need 2 check out 4rm da library The End.So far i kno for sure that the sugar bowl had a n important item inside.This item is Esme's but is important information to the snicket n baudelaire family.the book isn't specific so dats all i kno.When i do find out i will post up the answer again with my name on it.dat is all i kno n once again it is 100% sure wat i just typed.

-Roxana

What is the 7th book in a series of unfortune events?

it's about, the baudelaire children, when they become ophans, and their parents are dead. They go to Count Olaf, their relative, and he becomes their gaurdian, but not for long. He is cruel, and mean, but trying the do evil things to get the baudelaire fortune that their parents left behind. So, Count Olaf tries to marry Violet, the oldest, and takes control of the money, but the children outsmarts him, and is moved to a different guardian. The story #2. I hope it helped!