204 pages
Italian language
Published July 19, 2003
204 pages
Italian language
Published July 19, 2003
The Vile Village is the seventh novel in the children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. In The Vile Village, the Baudelaire orphans are taken into the care of a whole village, only to find many rules and chores, evil seniors, as well as Count Olaf and his evil girlfriend lurking nearby. This book marks a turning point in the structure of the series and effectively marks the halfway mark between books one to six and eight to thirteen. It breaks with the following major patterns of the earlier books in the series:
The Baudelaires can no longer call on Mr. Poe for assistance, although he was barely any help to begin with. The Baudelaires themselves are deemed "criminals", and they are not assigned any more legal guardians after this point. Because the authorities turn their attention away from him, Count Olaf is no longer obliged …
The Vile Village is the seventh novel in the children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. In The Vile Village, the Baudelaire orphans are taken into the care of a whole village, only to find many rules and chores, evil seniors, as well as Count Olaf and his evil girlfriend lurking nearby. This book marks a turning point in the structure of the series and effectively marks the halfway mark between books one to six and eight to thirteen. It breaks with the following major patterns of the earlier books in the series:
The Baudelaires can no longer call on Mr. Poe for assistance, although he was barely any help to begin with. The Baudelaires themselves are deemed "criminals", and they are not assigned any more legal guardians after this point. Because the authorities turn their attention away from him, Count Olaf is no longer obliged to use disguises.