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The End
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 13

The End (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Lemony Snicket (Author) (edit contributors)

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Dear Reader,
You are presumably looking at the back of this book, or the end of the end. The end of the end is the best place to begin the end, because if you read the end from the beginning of the beginning of the end to the end of the end of the end, you will arrive at the end of the end... read more

Summary edit see section history

The three Baudelaires finally finish their story in a new way with more secrets revealed then ever as now the final chapter in the horrible life of the Baudelaire's come to an end. They encounter new people, new truths and more about themselves, friends and foes then ever before.

Characters edit see section history

  • Violet Baudelaire: Add a description of this character.
  • Klaus Baudelaire: The middle Baudelaire. He reads copious (a word that here means many) amounts of books and bduwhdbduxhbwhspends time as a researcher. Knows meanings and spellings of almost all books
  • Sunny Baudelaire: The youngest Baudelaire who over thirteen books, has developed a talent for the culinary arts.
  • Kit Snicket: A woman semi-related to the novel.
  • Count Olaf: The Villain, he wants the Baudelaire fortune and uses many different tactics to try and get it
  • Ishmael: Facilitator on the island
  • Friday: Friend of the Baudelaires on the island
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “But you can't read every story, and answer every question.”
    Klaus
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  • the trick is to succumb to enough pressure that you do not drive your peers away, but not so much that you end up in a situation in which you are dead or otherwise uncomfortable.
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  • The phrase “in the dark,” as I’m sure you know, can refer not only to one’s shadowy surroundings, but also to the shadowy secrets of which one might be unaware.
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  • even though you are not in the dark about being in the dark, and so you may fall into the hole that the ballerinas have dug, which is dark, in the dark, and in the park.
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  • Of course, it is quite possible to be in the dark in the dark, as well as to be not in the dark not in the dark,
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  • “‘The night has a thousand eyes,’” Kit said hoarsely, and lifted her head to face the villain. The Baudelaires could tell by her voice that she was reciting the words of someone else. “‘And the day but one; yet the light of the bright world dies with the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, and the heart but one: yet the light of a whole life dies when love is done.’”
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  • Some days are long, such as at the height of summer, when the sun shines for a very long time, or Halloween day, which always seems to last forever until it is finally time to put on one’s costume and demand candy from strangers,
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  • happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is something surprising each time you encounter it.
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  • If you have ever peeled an onion, then you know that the first thin, papery layer reveals another thin, papery layer, and that layer reveals another, and another, and before you know it you have hundreds of layers all over the kitchen table and thousands of tears in your eyes,
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  • the gathered islanders were in the midst of an argy-bargy, a word for “argument” that is far less cute than it sounds.
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  • In this way, the story of the Baudelaire orphans is like an onion, and if you insist on reading each and every thin, papery layer in A Series of Unfortunate Events, your only reward will be 170 chapters of misery in your library and countless tears in your eyes.
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Organizations edit see section history

  • VFD: VFD stands for Volunteer Fire Department. Their motto is "The world is quiet here." VFD was divided to two group: one who sets the fire and one who puts off the fire. Members are recognised through the eye insignia.

First Sentence edit see section history

"If you have ever peeled an onion, then you know that the first thin, papery layer reveals another thin, papery layer, and that layer reveals another, and another, and before you know it you have hundreds of layers all over the kitchen tables and thousands of tears in your eyes, sorry and wishing that you had left the onion alone to wither away on the shelf of the pantry while you went on with your life, even if that meant never again enjoying the complicated and overwhelming taste of this strange and bitter vegetable."

Table of Contents edit see section history

This book has thirteen untitled chapters followed by a "book within a book" epilogue titled "Chapter Fourteen".

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 13 of 13 in A Series of Unfortunate Events. (standard series)

Preceded by The Penultimate Peril.

This is book 31 of 216 in Whitcoulls Kids' Top 50 (2011). (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Lemony Snicket (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Brett Helquist (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2006
ISBN: 9780064410168
Page Count: 356

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.S6795 En 2006
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Mild violence, death, dark themes.

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More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • The Bad Beginning
  • The Reptile Room
  • The Penultimate Peril
  • The Grim Grotto
  • The Ersatz Elevator
  • The Vile Village
  • The Miserable Mill
  • The Wide Window
  • The Austere Academy
  • The Slippery Slope
  • The Carnivorous Carnival
  • The Hostile Hospital
  • The Beatrice Letters
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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • The Bad Beginning
  • The Reptile Room
  • The Wide Window
  • The Miserable Mill
  • The Austere Academy
  • The Ersatz Elevator
  • The Vile Village
  • The Hostile Hospital
  • The Carnivorous Carnival
  • The Slippery Slope
  • The Grim Grotto
  • The Penultimate Peril

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