A Series of Unfortunate Events · #3

The Wide Window

Lemony Snicket

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Do you become skittish around leeches? What about boats? Does the thought of a peppermint allergy cause you to quake? Are you a person frightened by frightened people? Perhaps hurricanes? Poor grammar? A secret code?

It is likely that your answers will reveal A Series of Unfortunate Events to be ill-suited for your personal use? A librarian, bookseller, or acquaintance should be able to suggest books more appropriate for your fragile temperament. But to the rarest of readers we say, “Best of luck—you're going to need it.”

Published
February 25, 2000
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Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970). Snicket is the author of several children's books, serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events (his best-known work) and appearing as a character within the series. Because of this, the name Lemony Snicket may refer to both a fictional character and a real person. This article deals primarily with the character.As a character, Snicket is a harried, troubled writer and researcher falsely accused of felonies and continuously hunted by the police and his enemies, the fire-starting side of the secret organization Volunteer Fire Department…