![]() ![]() ![]() The Bad Beginning begins (badly) with the Baudelaire children spending a gloomy day at Briny Beach before learning from Mr. At the start, we’re just left with the feeling that Beatrice is the one who got away, thanks to his tongue-in-cheek dedications like “dearest, darling, dead.” Briny Beach is a Nod to Lewis Carroll. For Snicket, Beatrice’s identity is gradually hinted at as the book series progresses, eventually resulting in a huge revelation. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because it is - remember a certain conscience-obsessed insect from Disney’s Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket? Beatrice References Dante.Įach of the 13 books is dedicated by Snicket to the mysterious Beatrice, a reference to Italian poet Dante’s muse who appears in both The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova, portrayed as the woman the author could never have. Snicket, acting in the role of a depressed investigator with more ties to the Baudelaire orphans than he’s letting on, is one of the series’s most important if detached characters. Brett Helquist Book One: The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket is a reference to Pinocchio. ![]()
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