"0-06-440766-7" . . . . . . "162"^^ . "Fic21" . . . . "41070636" . "PZ7.S6795 Bad 1999" . . "The Bad Beginning is the first novel of the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The novel tells the story of three children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who become orphans following a fire and are sent to live with Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance.The book was published on September 30, 1999, by Scholastic Inc. and illustrated by Brett Helquist."@en . . . . "The Bad Beginning"@en .