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Para intentar evitar que los tres hermanos Baudelaire y su fortuna caigan en manos del terrible Conde Olaf, al señor Poe -tutor de los niños- se le ocurre la idea que internarlos en la Academia Preparatoria Pruffock. Alli, les asegura, estaran a salvo de su tio porque la escuela cuenta con un ordenador que tiene grabada la imagen de Olaf y, segun Poe, eso sera suficiente para que no se acerque. Se despide de ellos y los deja con el subdirector Neron, y solo con verlo se daran cuenta de que esta academia va a ser una autentica pesadilla. Este es un tirano que obliga a los alumnos a asistir cada dia a sus insoportables conciertos de violin; a diferencia de los demas alumnos, dormiran en un cobertizo con un poco de paja como colchon; les sera muy difificl hacer amigos porque todos estan dominados por Carmelita Polainas, una niña odiosa, sucia y cruel, que mantiene a todos a raya. Y, como, no, por mucho ordenador que haya, el conde Olaf seguira buscandolos...

f you have ever heard an orchestra play, then you know that musicians are most certainly guilty of something. Where exactly were the violins on the night in question? Did anyone see the harp? Is the trumpet protesting a bit too boisterously?In this perplexing murder mystery, everyone seems to have a motive, everyone has an alibi, and nearly everyone is a musical instrument. But the composer is still dead.

A hardcover, foil-stamped, full-colour illustrated title well-suited for giving, receiving, or clutching selfishly in trembling hands! Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukkah, and Lemony Snicket is an alleged childrens author For the first time in literary history, these two elements are combined in one book...

Dear Reader, I hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience. If this is the case, I advise you to put this book down instantaneously, because of all of the books describing the unhappy lives of the Baudelaire orphans, The Miserable Mill might be the unhappiest yet. Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are sent to Paltryville to work in a lumbermill, and they find disaster and misforunte lurking behind every log. The pages of this book, I'm sorry to inform you, contain such unpleasantries as a giant pincher machine, a bad casserole, a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be, a hypnotist, a terrible accident resulting in injury, and coupons. I have promised to write down the entire history of these three poor children, but you haven't, so if you prefer stories that are more heartwarming, please feel free to make another selection. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket.