The Unofficial Lemony Snicket FAQ
Below is the text that used to live on a very useful angelfire site. Though now outdated, it was always very helpful, and you may find it helpful too.
If you are visiting this site, it's because you've read the Series of Unfortunate Events, and you have just as many questions as I do. However, that's why I'm building this page. As a compository of all knowledge for all things Snicket.
This FAQ was conceived in the back seat of a van, on May 23, 2002, while I was reading through the Unauthorized Autobiography for the third time, and noticing more things on that time through, then before, or even before that. So I decided to share my findings with the world at large, and maybe see if I couldn't start up a discussion with Snicket fans throughout the country, nay, the world.
So, let's move right on to the FAQ, and see if we can't figure anything out, alright?
Fair Warning: The following information may contain spoilers.
All Things VFD
Organizational
All things Baudelaire
Their Family
All Things Snicket
The Family
Fun Stuff in the Books
All Things FAQ
This site was originally created by Michael Cuellar, 2002-2004. He cleared his version from the internet, and I am trying to both restore and update it, as I found it fascinating prior to the release of Book the 13th.
If Michael or anyone else with rights to this come across the site, please understand that I'm not making any profit off of your work and only seek to continue and improve its enjoyment. You may contact me if a problem arises.
If you are visiting this site, it's because you've read the Series of Unfortunate Events, and you have just as many questions as I do. However, that's why I'm building this page. As a compository of all knowledge for all things Snicket.
This FAQ was conceived in the back seat of a van, on May 23, 2002, while I was reading through the Unauthorized Autobiography for the third time, and noticing more things on that time through, then before, or even before that. So I decided to share my findings with the world at large, and maybe see if I couldn't start up a discussion with Snicket fans throughout the country, nay, the world.
So, let's move right on to the FAQ, and see if we can't figure anything out, alright?
Fair Warning: The following information may contain spoilers.
All Things VFD
Organizational
- What do the letters "V.F.D." Stand for?
- Where was the Secret VFD Meeting Place at (During the Intro to LSUA)?
- What's the Deal with VFD and that Eye?
- What does "The World is Quiet Here" actually mean?
- Who is in V.F.D.?
- Is Mr Poe in VFD?
- Is Daniel Handler in VFD?
- Is Jerome Squalor in VFD?
- What is going on with Olaf's Henchman?
- Who is the Wart Faced Man?
- Who are "The Man with a beard but no hair" and "the woman with hair, but no beard?"
- Who is Cigarette Smoking Man?
- Who's a Sibling of who?
- Who is the Swimming Woman?
- What's up with the family tree?
- Who's who on the Family Tree?
- What does V.F.D. do exactly?
- What IS the Sugar Bowl Secret?
- How does Count Olaf always manage to find the Baudelaires?
- Why did Al Funcoot have someone chop down all the telephone poles on Rarely Ridden Road?
- Whose Initials are written in the jar of Jam?
- What's the deal with the Secret Passageways?
All things Baudelaire
Their Family
- Who is the Baudelaire's Mother?
- Is there really a survivor of the Baudelaire Fire?
- Are the Baudelaire's being trained by VFD?
- The Quagmires- Will they be back? Is there some connection between them and the Baudelaires?
- Is Prufrock Prep more important then originally meets the eye?
- Was the Prospero really going to Peru?
- What is the mystery of "PIETRISYCAMOLLAVIADELRECHIOTEMEXITY"?
- Who is in the Big, Curved Object?
- View a Timeline of the events of ASOUE.
All Things Snicket
The Family
- Why doesn't Lemony let his face be photographed?
- Do we have any suspects for the Snicket Sister?
- Is Lemony Snicket the Baudelaire's Father?
- Who is Beatrice?
- What happened to Beatrice?
- Is Beatrice really dead?
- What's up with the notes at the back of "The Bad Beginning: The Rare Edition"?
- View a Graphical Representation of the LSUA Index.
- What are these Unfortunate Events books?
- How many books are going to be in the series?
- When will the next book be out?
- What is the ASOUE Blank Book?
- What is the Meaning behind the Slippery Slope Clue?
- Theories on how the Series will end
- When and where does this series take place?
Fun Stuff in the Books
- Anagrams in the Series
- Literary Allusions in the Series
- An Abundance of Alliterations in ASOUE
- Interesting Miscellaneous Information about ASOUE
- Vocabulary Words defined in the books
All Things FAQ
- A guide to the Abbreviations I will be using.
- What Other Lemony Snicket Resources are out there?
- Transcripts of Lemony Snicket Interviews
- Who is this Ms. Driscoll?
- Who are the people compiling all this information?
This site was originally created by Michael Cuellar, 2002-2004. He cleared his version from the internet, and I am trying to both restore and update it, as I found it fascinating prior to the release of Book the 13th.
If Michael or anyone else with rights to this come across the site, please understand that I'm not making any profit off of your work and only seek to continue and improve its enjoyment. You may contact me if a problem arises.