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| - A Series of Unfortunate Events, written by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Brett Helquist, is comprised of thirteen novels. Originally Handler did not want to write the series, but after being asked by harpers Collins to write the book he would most liked to have read when he was ten, he set to work on the series, although it ended up more suitable for eleven to twelve year olds The first book in the series is The Bad Beginning. The thirteenth and final book is The End.
- A Series of Unfortunate Events is an American-British adult animated sitcom based off the children's books. The series was written and created by Daniel Handler (under Lemony Snicket) and directed by Brett Helquist and animated by Russell T. Davies.
- Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire come across as extremely unfortunate children having their parents perish in a fire that destroyed their entire home, only to be brought to their third cousin four times removed, the treacherous Count Olaf. Books 1-13 in the series describe the treacheries that the children face through their young lives while trying to prevent Olaf and his many associates's attempts on getting his hands on the Baudelaire fortune.
- Characterized by Victorian Gothic tones and absurdist textuality, the books are noted for its dark humor, sarcastic storytelling and anachronistic elements, as well as frequent cultural and literary allusions. They have been classified as postmodern and metafictional writing, with the plot evolution throughout the latter novels being cited as an exploration of the psychological process of transition from the idyllic innocence of childhood to the moral complexity of maturity.
- A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of novels chronicling the lives of three orphaned siblings; said lives could be described as a series of unfortunate events. The main canon is a tridecalogy (meaning "thirteen-part") set of novels published between 1999 and 2006. While actually written by Real World author Daniel Handler, the series is presented as the work of in-universe character Lemony Snicket. The Vagrants' Fanfiction Discipline is the OFU for this canon. Its minis are mini-Lachrymose Leeches.
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