The Bad Beginning

Presented by Timothé Perriau

General Information about the book

★ Author: Lemony Snicket

★ Genre: Dramatic Adventure-Mystery
★ Year of Publication: 1999
Main Characters

Violet Baudelaire

Klaus Baudelaire

Sunny Baudelaire

Count Olaf
Minor characters

Mr. Poe

Judge Strauss
Setting

Count Olaf’s house

Judge Strauss’
library

20th century
Plot Summary
❖ A tragedy happens in the Baudelaire family
❖ The Baudelaire children go to their uncle, Count Olaf
❖ Count Olaf is violent
❖ Count Olaf has an evil plan
❖ Count Olaf blackmails Violet
❖ Violet outwits Count Olaf
Opinion

❖ In general, I like the book

❖ I like the characters
❖ I don’t like the high level of vocabulary
To recommend or not to recommend?

❖ I recommend the book

❖ Three stars out of five ★★★☆☆