The Austere Academy

Resumen del libro

Dear Reader,

If you are looking for a story about cheerful youngsters spending a jolly time at boarding school, look elsewhere. Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent and resourceful children, and you might well expect that they would do very well at school. Don't. For the Baudelaires, school turns out to be another miserable episode in their unlucky lives.

Truth be told, within the chapters that make up this dreadful story, the children will face snapping crabs, strict punishments, dripping fungus, comprehensive exams, violin recitals, S.O.R.E., and the metric system.

It is my solemn duty to stay up all night researching and writing the history of these three hapless youngsters, but you may be more comfortable getting a good night's sleep. In that case, you should probably choose some other book.

With all due respect

Lemony Snicket

Biografía del autor

Según él mismo, tuvo una infancia inusual, una juventud desconcertante y una adultez abatida. Lo único que se sabe oficialmente de él es que es el autor y protagonista de algunos de los libros juveniles de mayor éxito de los últimos años, como Una serie de catastróficas desdichas. Extraoficialmente, "Lemony Snicket" es el seudónimo de Daniel Handler, un guionista y escritor norteamericano.