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Dear Reader,
If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before
you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus,
and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am sorry
to say, are filled with bad luck and misery. All of the stories about
these three children are unhappy and wretched, and this one may be the
worst of them all. If you haven't got the stomach for a story that
includes a hurricane, a signalling device, hungry leeches, cold cucumber
soup, a horrible villain, and a doll named Pretty Penny, then this book
will probably fill you with despair. I will continue to record these
tragic tales, for that is what I do. You, however, should decide for
yourself whether you can possibly endure this miserable story.
With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket