THE ERSATZ ELEVATOR : BOOK: The Sixth : (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)
by Lemony Snicket
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0064408647
- ISBN 13
- 9780064408646
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About This Item
New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2000. First Edition, First Printing . Hard Cover/Library Binding. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. Brett Helquist (Illustrator). BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Printing. BOOK 6 of full set of 13 volumes in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Children's novels by Lemony Snicket, pen name of American author Daniel Handler (1970 -). Lemony Snicket, besides being a pen name, is also the narrator of the tales and hence an inbedded fictional character as well. Chronicle of the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents' death in a fire. In Vol 1 (The Bad Beginning), the three ophans wind up in the custody of a murderous relative, Count Olaf, who has eyes on their inheritance. In Vol 2 , the children are taken in by Dr. Montgomery, their late father's cousin's wife's brother. In Vol 3, they live w/new guardian Aunt Josephine, second cousin's sister-in-law, and, Count Olaf re-surfaces. Vol 4 is life as child laborers at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill. Vol 5, at the Prufock Prefatory boarding school, whose motto is: "remember you will die"). In this Volume 6, they lodge in a 71-bedroom home on 667 Dark Avenue with Esmé Gigi Geniveve Squalor & her mate --- being the elevators are "out," they trudge up 66 flights of stairs to reach the Squalors' penthouse apartment. The series has been adapted to film and television, and translated into some 41 languages.
Synopsis
The Ersatz Elevator is the sixth novel in the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym of Lemony Snicket. The Baudelaires are sent to live with the wealthy Esmé and Jerome Squalor.
Reviews
On Mar 28 2014, CloggieDownunder said:
The Ersatz Elevator is the sixth book in A Series of Unfortunate Events by American author, Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler). As we once again join the unlucky Baudelaire orphans, they are deposited by their banker, the constantly coughing Mr Poe, at 667 Dark Avenue, into the hands of their new guardians, Jerome and Esme Squalor. Esme is a rather forceful woman who is a dedicated follower of fashion, while Jerome never likes to argue, with anyone. Having already suffered the loss of their parents, the threat of marriage, slave labour, hypnosis, a terrible boarding school, and the murder of their Uncle Monty and Aunt Josephine at the hands of the evil Count Olaf and his nefarious assistants, the siblings are ever-vigilant of his reappearance. Luckily these well-mannered and uncomplaining children are also very resourceful: Violet invents, Klaus researches and Sunny bites. Snicket’s tone throughout is apologetic, sincere and matter-of-fact as he relates the unfortunate events in the children’s lives; his imaginative and even surreptitiously educational style will hold much appeal for younger readers. Snicket’s word and phrase definitions are often hilarious. This instalment sees the Baudelaires climbing a lot of stairs (and occasionally sliding down bannisters), forced to wear ill-fitting pinstripe suits, drinking aqua martinis and parsley sodas, eating at Café Salmonella, climbing up and down a lift shaft, being thrown down a lift shaft, and improvising ropes and welding equipment, all the while worrying about their kidnapped friends, the Quagmire triplets. Count Olaf once again manages to fool the adults with a simple disguise involving a monocle, high boots and improper English. Sunny uses her teeth to save the day and surprises everyone by bidding at an auction. As always, the alliterative titles are delightful and Brett Helquist provides some wonderfully evocative illustrations. Where will the orphans end up next? Perhaps the seventh installment, The Vile Village, will shed light on their fate.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017655
- Title
- THE ERSATZ ELEVATOR : BOOK: The Sixth : (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 6)
- Author
- Lemony Snicket
- Illustrator
- Brett Helquist (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover/Library Binding
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0064408647
- ISBN 13
- 9780064408646
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Juvenile/Fiction/Novel/Baudelaire Orphans/Count Olaf/Humor/Esme Gigi Geniveve Squalor/Daniel Handler
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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