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The Ersatz Elevator

By Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator)

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| Others | 9781405208727

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Book Description

Dear Reader,

If you have just picked up this particular book, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in A Series of Unfortunate Events, there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort, and you still have time to choContinue

Dear Reader,

If you have just picked up this particular book, then it is not too late to put it back down. Like the previous books in A Series of Unfortunate Events, there is nothing to be found in these pages but misery, despair, and discomfort, and you still have time to choose something else to read.

Within the chapters of this story, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire encounter a darkened staircase, a red herring, some friends in a dire situation, three mysterious initials, a liar with an evil scheme, a secret passageway, and parsley soda.

I have sworn to write down these tales of the Baudelaire orphans so the general public will know each terrible thing that has happened to them, but if you decide to read something else instead, you will save yourself from a heapful of horror and woe.

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

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  • I finished The Ersatz Elevator on the way into work this morning (bless the tube strike). I thought it didn't seem quite horrid enough, the large apartment seemed a bit too cushy, but I did really like the horrid dark, and the trips down the elevator shaft, and overall enjoyed it quite a bit.

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    Robot-mel said on Sep 5, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • When I start reading the book, I knew that Esme was going to steal the the Baudelaire's fortune. The Baudelaire were lucky, because they found out the passage that Count Olaf made.

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    Andrew said on Apr 3, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • I really enjoy this book. For whatever reason, the most ridiculous parts of this book (a baby climbing an elevator shaft using her teeth) amuse me instead of annoy me as they do in some of the other books.
    One of the things that is true of all the books is that the characters are very focused t ... (continue)

    I really enjoy this book. For whatever reason, the most ridiculous parts of this book (a baby climbing an elevator shaft using her teeth) amuse me instead of annoy me as they do in some of the other books.
    One of the things that is true of all the books is that the characters are very focused to one behaviour or ability - the orphans are talented as an inventor, a researcher, and a biter, the Quagmire triplets are a poet and a journalist, Mr Poe is best at coughing, Uncle Monty is obsessed with reptiles, and so on. Unfortunately, it's the first book where the repeticious bits annoy me a little. Esme is not just an annoying character because she's meant to be, but she's annoying to read and I wanted too often to skip over bits of it.

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    Hold Your Spin said on Nov 20, 2006 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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