A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: September 30, 1999 .
Place of publication: United States.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Description: 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.