is a series of unfortunant events a true story?

Question

i'v herd from some blogs of other people that it is but not like it is in the books and movies i'v also found that lemony snicket was one of the three siblings, if so,witch one? i know that may seem strange but i'v also herd that's not his real name,so,he,or she might be one of the siblings.

Answer 1

Nope the books are work of fiction and to learn more about Lemony Snicket and the man behind the books here is a web site you can read. Daniel Handler originally came up with "Lemony Snicket" as a pseudonym to use rather than placing his real name on the mailing lists of several right-wing organizations he was researching for one of his novels, The Basic Eight. It became something of an in-joke with his friends, who were known to order pizzas under the name. When he found himself writing a series of children's books, he decided to use the Snicket name to add an air of mystery to proceedings; Lemony Snicket is an elusive figure. Handler has a considerable amount of fun with the Snicket character in the author biography sections of the books, in a page at the end of every book where Snicket makes complicated arrangements for the delivery of the manuscript of the next book to his publisher (in letters often ruined through the catastrophes in the next book), on the Lemony Snicket website and in Snicket's Unauthorized Autobiography (which Handler wrote the introduction to as himself). To further amuse readers, the U.S. hardcover edition of this book has a reversible dust jacket so that the book can be "disguised" as The Luckiest Kids in the World Book 1: The Pony Party! by "Loney M. Setnick," which is an anagram of "Lemony Snicket". In the book, Daniel Handler himself is also implied to be a member of V.F.D.

To fill time at the end of the first audio book, read by Tim Curry, there is an interview which is supposed to be with "Mr. Snicket" but apparently he is not at home, and the interview proceeds with "Mr. Handler," who confuses himself with his "employer" throughout the interview. To avoid answering any tough questions, Handler invokes a psychological device by which the response to a query can be so horrible that it seems to the listener as if it was not given at all.

A commentary track entitled "Brad Silberling and the real Lemony Snicket Commentary" was recorded for the DVD released on 26 April 2005. Brad Silberling is the movie's director, and the "real Lemony Snicket" joke is a jibe aimed at Jude Law, considered the "Impostor Lemony Snicket."

Lemony Snicket, as distinct from Handler, has also written several works unrelated to A Series of Unfortunate Events. The first was the opening story of It Was a Dark and Silly Night, a volume of Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly's Little Lit series. The story begins "In this case, SILLY stands for Slightly Intelligent, Largely Laconic Yeti..." The second was a short story published in the USA Weekend magazine (a US newspaper supplement), dated December 10-12, 2004. This was a holiday story entitled "The Lump of Coal," and included two full-color illustrations by Brett Helquist (who has also illustrated all of the books in the Series of Unfortunate Events to date). The third was an introduction and a half of a story for the short story collection Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Other Things. The half of a story is a contest inviting readers to help finish it and win a special prize. The most recent is an orchestra piece entitled The Composer Is Dead, performed on July 8th 2006 by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. [1] The work tells the story of a murder mystery while introducing young listeners to the instruments of the orchestra. It will be published as a book, accompanied by an audio recording of the orchestra performance, by HarperCollins, although a release date has not yet been given.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemony_Snicket
here is a web site to learn more about the books and the man behind the books. Sorry to spoil it for but you wanted an answer.

Answer 2

No is a baby's e book sequence of 13 novels written by Daniel Handler below the pseudonym of Lemony Snicket, and illustrated by Brett Helquist. it is about the adventures of three little ones, the Baudelaire orphans, after the inability of life of their father and mom in a fireplace. The putting of the sequence is anachronistic, and through the sequence there are distinct literary and cultural allusions. a movie version of the first 3 books contained in the sequence became released on December 17, 2004, as Lemony Snicket's a chain of unlucky activities, which also had a sport version of a similar call in accordance with it. Audio books were released which protected songs by The Gothic Archies, and a compilation album of the songs has also been released. The sequence' darkish humour has chop up reviews on the sequence - at the same time as it has gained countless awards and offered over fifty 5 million copies, it has also been banned in some faculties. using repetition contained in the sequence has also been criticized

Answer 3

Pure fiction, but they are a fun read. I liked the books much better than the movies. My sister purchased the first one for my child and we had so much fun reading it together we purchased the rest of them.

Answer 4

It is all absolutely true and derived from authenticated sources many of which have been used by other important and utterly true documentary works, for example, "The Da Vinci Code.''

Answer 5

NO! Just made to look that way for entertainment. Same as most books are made to appear real, to draw you in for sheer entertainment.

Answer 6

Nope, pure fiction.

Answer 7

It's all fabricated, the sheerest of fantasy.

Answer 8

it is true dont lision to the people that say its not this is the best answer

Answer 9

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, NO

Answer 10

no its all made up.