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The Bad Beginning

A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1

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The Bad Beginning

By: Lemony Snicket
Narrated by: Tim Curry, Full Cast
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 Like a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, hearing this all-new audio edition of The Bad Beginning will only upset you. This unique multi-voice recording brings the first book in Lemony Snicket's alarming A Series of Unfortunate Events to such terrible life that no one should really have to experience it. Unless you have an ear for such ghastly details as a tragic fire, a nefarious villain, itchy clothing, and cold porridge for breakfast, all narrated in chilly detail by the distinguished, and disturbed, Tim Curry with a team of talented readers, you would be better off listening to something else.Don't miss the rest of A Series of Unfortunate Events or Audible's exclusive interview with Lemony Snicket!©1999 Lemony Snicket (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Growing Up & Facts of Life Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Parenting & Families Relationships

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Critic reviews

"Tension-producing orchestral music, scene-setting sound effects, and most of all, Tim Curry's chocolate-voiced narration captivate the listener in this multicast production of the Lemony Snicket that started it all.... It's all good fun for listening children and their parents." ( AudioFile)
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I would say there was nothing like this book. In fact, it was probably one of the most intriguing books. I’ve read since as well as it being one story it links to many other stories as well as the other books in the collection example, Georgina Oswell miserable mill book 4

Thank you for reading all the best, A L Farr

 a series of unfortunate Events review book one wrote by A L Farr

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It’s one of my favourite series. I loved hearing all the different characters. I wish there was more books in the series than just thirteen books.

Excellent story

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Saved up and finally got this audiobook on Audible! It is as good as I remembered and expected, Tim Curry did a really great job on it. Unfortunately, book 3 to 5 is narrated by Lemony Snicket himself, not as good as Tim Curry, but its alright as the rest is still by Tim Curry.

Have been wanting this audiobook since I was a kid

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What a great tale, I could not stop listening all the while hoping that something pleasant was going to happen to the three orphans!! A must hear!!

brilliant

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Loved it. Interesting story and characters. The voice over was nice to listen to and very understandable.

Love it

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It may be a kids book. But it's fun and the audio production is high.

Shame the books are so short

This is fantastic

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Interesting audio book with my 9 year old son. We had 30 mins a night before bed, some good vocab to learn

Very good 1st book

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This production is fabulous, with sound effects, music, and of course great narration. The writing is so witty, and I would laugh out loud at points despite the "bad" events that befall the children. Had a lot of fun listening to this, and it certainly isn't just for children.

what fun

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I like the story it 's really interesting I see you went for the adventurous tipe of story

Choice of words

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My main problem with this audio book is the terrible voice performance for Violet and Klaus,

An amazing book

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