New Nasty Lemony Snicket Stills

By James Wray Nov 23, 2004, 0:00 GMT

We have added some new stills from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

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Lemony Snicket was born before you were, and is likely to die before you as well. His family has roots in a part of the country which is now underwater, and his childhood was spent in the relative splendor of the Snicket Villa which has since become a factory, a fortress and a pharmacy and is now, alas, someone else's villa. To the untrained eye, Mr. Snicket's hometown would not appear to be filled with secrets. Untrained eyes have been wrong before.

The aftermath of the scandal was swift, brutal and inaccurately reported in the periodicals of the day. It is true, however, that Mr. Snicket was stripped of several awards by the reigning authorities, including Honorable Mention, the Grey Ribbon and First Runner Up. The High Council reached a convenient if questionable verdict and Mr. Snicket found himself in exile.

Though his formal training was chiefly in rhetorical analysis, he has spent the last several eras researching the travails of the Baudelaire orphans. This project, being published serially by Harper Collins, takes him to the scenes of numerous crimes, often during the offseason. Eternally pursued and insatiably inquisitive, a hermit and a nomad, Mr. Snicket wishes you nothing but the best.

Due to the world-wide web of conspiracy which surrounds him, Mr. Snicket often communicates with the general public through his representative, Daniel Handler. Mr. Handler has had a relatively uneventful life, and is the author of two books for adults, The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth, neither of which are anywhere near as dreadful as Mr. Snicket's. Like Mr. Snicket, Mr. Handler wishes you nothing but the best.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events has now sold over 2.5 million copies in the UK and 18 million copies worldwide.

The popularity of Mr Snicket’s awful tales are only set to increase when a vile film is released by Universal Pictures on December 17 2004.

The details are just too depressing: a star-studded cast including Jim Carrey, Billy Connolly, Meryl Streep, Timothy Spall and Jude Law, and a production budget bigger than Titanic.

You have been warned!