The Bad Beginning
(OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen)
NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Like a car alarm, bagpipe music, or a doorbell ringing in the middle of the night, hearing this 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.
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Lemony Snicket. (2004). The Bad Beginning: The Bad Beginning. Unabridged HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lemony Snicket. 2004. The Bad Beginning: The Bad Beginning. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning: The Bad Beginning. HarperCollins, 2004.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lemony Snicket. The Bad Beginning: The Bad Beginning. Unabridged HarperCollins, 2004.
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NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
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