The Miserable Mill

Lemony Snicket

The Miserable Mill
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Published
25 April 2024
Pages
224
ISBN
9780008648527

The Miserable Mill

Lemony Snicket

Be warned - to commiserate 25 years of misfortune and gloom unleashed upon generations of children, Lemony Snicket's publishers have taken the untold risk of creating brand new collectors' editions of A Series of Unfortunate Events, illustrated by the obscenely talented Emily Gravett. The temptation to buy a copy is severe indeed...

Dear reader,




        You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, then proceed with caution...



      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 Miserable Mill the siblings encounter a giant pincher machine, a bad casserole, a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be, a hypnotist, a terrible accident and coupons.



      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.


      Despite their wretched contents, A Series of Unfortunate Events has sold 60 million copies worldwide and been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey. And in the future things are poised to get much worse, thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. You have been warned.


      Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures?


      The Bad Beginning


      The Reptile Room


      The Wide Window


      The Miserable Mill


      The Austere Academy


      The Ersatz Elevator


      The Vile Village


      The Hostile Hospital


      The Carnivorous Carnival


      The Slippery Slope


      The Grim Grotto


      The Penultimate Peril


      The End


      And what about All The Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous and puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about:


      'Who Could That Be at This Hour?'


      'When Did you Last See Her?'


      'Shouldn't You Be in School?'


      'Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?'


      Lemony Snicket was born before you were and is likely to die before you as well. He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious and prone to riot. He grew up near the sea and currently lives beneath it. Until recently, he was living somewhere else.


      Brett Helquist was born in Ganado, Arizona, grew up in Orem, Utah, and now lives in New York City. He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University and has been illustrating ever since. His art has appeared in many publications, including Cricket magazine and The New York Times.

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