Boードレール's Great Adventure 1

Author: Snicket
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: A Hollywood blockbuster is about to hit the screens, with Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep joining forces. One storm is not yet over, another one begins. Three orphans engage in a tragic battle with Jim Carrey. No. 1 bestseller in The New York Times, a phenomenon that swept across Europe and America, topping the bestseller list for 448 weeks.
Content: Do you know that impressions are often mistaken? For example, the first time you look at a painting, you might not like it, but the more you look, the more you start to love it. The first time you eat Gouda cheese, you might think it's absolutely disgusting, but when you grow up, you might find that you can't stand any other type of cheese except this one. When Sunny was just born, Klaus didn't like her at all, but by the time she was six weeks old, the two of them had become new best friends. So, whether it's people or things, our initial impressions can change over time. I really wish I could tell you that the Baudelaire orphans had completely wrong impressions of Count Olaf and his house. But as I said earlier, such things often happen. Unfortunately, this time their impressions—Count Olaf being a frightening person and his house being as dirty as a pigsty—were absolutely correct.