A Series of Unfortunate Events #7: The Vile Village

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Harper Collins, Mar 17, 2009 - Juvenile Fiction - 272 pages

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Dear Reader,

You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would read this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose, because each dismal moment of their stay in the village of V.F.D. has been faithfully and dreadfully recorded in these pages.

I can think of no single reason why anyone would want to open a book containing such unpleasant matters as migrating crows, an angry mob, a newspaper headline, the arrest of innocent people, the Deluxe Cell, and some very strange hats. It is my solemn and sacred occupation to research each detail of the Baudelaire children's lives and write them all down, but you may prefer to do some other solemn and sacred thing, such as reading another book instead.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

 

Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
19
Section 3
47
Section 4
69
Section 5
87
Section 6
121
Section 7
135
Section 8
153
Section 9
171
Section 10
193
Section 11
213
Section 12
229
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Page 181 - At that moment there was a knock on the door, and the old woman entered, saying: "This is the tenth day.
Page 6 - A newspaper, as I'm sure you know, is a collection of supposedly true stories written down by writers who either saw them happen or talked to people who did. These writers are called journalists, and like telephone operators, butchers, ballerinas, and people who clean up after horses, journalists can sometimes make mistakes.
Page 65 - I hate to think what they'd do to me if they found out I was secretly using mechanical devices and reading interesting books.
Page 43 - It may take a village to raise a child, but that doesn't mean that our homes have to be disturbed by noisy children, does it?
Page 76 - It is true, of course, that there is no way of knowing for sure whether or not you can trust someone, for the simple reason that circumstances change all of the time.
Page 262 - LEMONY SNICKET is the author of quite a few books, all dreadful, and has been accused of many crimes, all falsely.

About the author (2009)

Lemony Snicket had an unusual education, which may or may not explain his ability to evade capture. He is the author of the 13 volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events, several picture books including The Dark, and the books collectively titled All The Wrong Questions.

Brett Helquist's celebrated art has graced books from the charming Bedtime for Bear, which he also wrote, to the New York Times–bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket to the glorious picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

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