162 páginas
Idioma English
Publicado por HarperCollins.
The first novel of the series. Tells the story of three children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who are orphaned by an arsonous fire and sent to live with their distant and conniving cousin Count Olaf, a horrible guardian, only interested in the fortune left behind by their parents.
After the sudden death, the two remaining Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their doubloons.